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RE: [BRHSlist] Re: Assembly of American Model Builders Waycar Kits

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Subject: RE: [BRHSlist] Re: Assembly of American Model Builders Waycar Kits
From: "Myers, Scott V." <svmyers@southernco.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 16:55:54 -0600
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Thread-topic: [BRHSlist] Re: Assembly of American Model Builders Waycar Kits
That's good news that the Walthers ladders and platform railings are accurate 
for these waycars.  Are these ladders and railings a single integrated detail 
part, or several parts?   In response to your's and Charlie Vlk's emails, is 
there a list of parts and part numbers in with the Walthers model?  If so, what 
is the part(s) number(s)?
 
Thanks to both of you for your assistance.
 
Scott Myers

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: graywolfs2 [mailto:graywolfs2@hotmail.com] 
        Sent: Thu 11/27/2003 11:05 PM 
        To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com 
        Cc: 
        Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Assembly of American Model Builders Waycar Kits
        
        
        Hi Scott,
        I too have a number of the AMB Q waycars.
        I have only started one of them and also purchased the ladder kit 
        that you mentioned. I did do the soldering (using a pencil iron) but 
        am not too happy with the outcome. I realize that "practice makes 
        perfect", but I don't have the inclenation to keep on trying with 
        what could be an expensive item to keep purcasing....
        Any how...I also have the Walthers 4 window Q waycars and the end 
        rails and ladders look dead on for the waycar, there is a bit of 
        moulding flashing that you would need to clean up with an xacto 
        knife, but it still would be worth the time...NOW if we can only get 
        the hand-rail part from Walthers. I haven't tried contacting them 
        about that as yet.
        
        
        
        Greg K.
        
        in frosty white MN.  
        
        
        
        
        
        
        --- In BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com, "Myers, Scott V." <svmyers@s...> 
        wrote:
        > I have several of these kits and have been very pleased with their 
        assembly.  However, I am stymied when it comes to the ladders.  Along 
        with the kits, I bought the Trout Creek Engineering caboose ladders 
        kit.  These are etched brass parts that require assembly.  The 
        directions are definitely correct when they suggest that gluing the 
        rungs to the siderails using ACC does not work well, and recommend 
        soldering.  I fear use of my large soldering gun is likely to burn 
        through the thin brass, or at best, leave a messy amount of solder at 
        each rung.  ( I don't have a torch or pencil type soldering iron.)  
        Not surprisingly, the siderails also get easily bent.  It appears to 
        me that I will face a similar assembly problem with the platform 
        railing (made from the wire included) when trying to attach the 
        vertical supports to the horizontal railing.  
        >  
        > For those who have assembled these portions of the waycar kit, or 
        anyone else for that matter, how have you constructed the ladders and 
        platform railings?
        >  
        > One thought that occured to me was substituting ladders and 
        railings from another source.  The ad I have seen of the new Walthers 
        CB&Q 4 Window Wood Caboose appears to have the correct combination of 
        ladders and platform railings, although its difficult to see much in 
        the way of details.  Does anyone know if this is true, or have any 
        other suggestions?
        >  
        > Thanks for the help.
        >  
        > Scott Myers
        > 
        > 
        > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
        
        
        
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