The E-5 conversion will be a major project in that the side windows have to
be lowered for the "letterboard" which separates them from the vent grilles
at the top of the carbody. I think the windows are shorter than the normal
size but haven't been able to get out to Union to do the measurements.
Maybe when the weather gets warmer.
I have never seen any evidence that the passenger F3s got stainless side
panels. I think they were headed to freight service by the time that
program got underway (many of the E units were retrofited).
Bare metal foil ought to work well for simulating the panels; remember that
the battens were painted stainless (I think they were, at least); only the
Metalwood Panels (stainless steel faced plywood) that formed the sides were
stainless.
Cutting and applying the foil to the exact insides of the battens should be
fun, even in HO!
Charlie
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From: <railbass@a...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:45 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] E-5 Stainless Steel Panels
> I have a P2K undecorated E6 A and B that I am planning to modify to a Q
E-5
> A/B set. I have the corrugated side panels from Union Station Products.
My
> question is whether anyone has tried Bare-Metal Foil to simulate stainless
> steel panels on the Q E units. If so, how well does that appear as
stainless
> steel? How easy is it to work with? How well do decals such as
Microscale
> adhere to the surface and does the decal film blend in? I also have the
> Stewart F-3A/B/A set built for the CZ, but the color photos in Holck's
> Burlington Route, Vol. 1, appear to show that these 3 units were painted
> silver and not stainless steel. Did they ever have stainless steel on
them,
> especially when they were in service on the CZ?
> - John Manion
> Denver, CO
> railbass@a...
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