Re: [BRHSlist] E-5 Stainless Steel Panels

["John Lewis" <CBQJohn@m...>]

John,

I have a HO P2K E6A & E6B sitting outside the backshops for such time as 
there is room for the crew to take them on for conversion to E5s.
My question is, after checking the Union Station Product web-site, I didn't 
see anything regarding the side panels for an E5. Did you purchase a Budd 
car and cut the sides to fit, or am I missing something? I recall a company 
(in Texas, I think) that was going to do a kit to retro an E6 into an E5, 
but the price for the kit was more than the list price of the E6 to being 
with...
Regards from San Diego,
John Lewis







> From: railbass@a...
> Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [BRHSlist] E-5 Stainless Steel Panels
> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 18:45:09 +0000
>
> 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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