Please excuse the multiple post, but there has been some recent discussion
of planned Modeler's Choice freight car kits/mini kits on the Yahoo
ModelersChoice group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ModelersChoice/ . You
will have to join the group to check very recent posts with links to
preliminary images of the GN 4200-4399 and CB&Q 83400-83599 series freight
cars. Some planned kits are a range of late 60s NP series box cars, two GN
box car kits and a CB&Q covered gondola. Further Hill Lines kits may well
be announced.
Earlier advice of the NP and GN 38000-38299 series box cars are at
http://www.modelerschoice.com/freightcar.htm . Modelers Choice has recently
advised on their Yahoo group list that these kits will not be offered as
complete kits (due to changes in the kit vs RTR market), rather they will
provide the laser cut sides and advise where the remaining parts required to
finish the kits can be sourced and provide a list of instructions to compete
the kit. This is an ideal opportunity to get "kits" of prototypes of
interest to this Yahoo group.
I trust this may be of some interest to group members. I have not financial
interest in Modeler's Choice - just a desire to build some otherwise
unavailable kits of freight cars I'd like to model.
John Gillies
Canberra, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "John and Sally Gillies" <gillies@webone.com.au>
To: <ModelersChoice@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: New file uploaded to ModelersChoice
> Tom Haag wrote:
>
> > OK looks interesting......now some details please! Is this going to be
> > another Modeler's Choice car? Gondolas are really needed in HO scale
and
> an
> > accurate model of an interesting car is always welcome!
> >
> > Prototype pictures?
> >
> > Still looking forward to the boxcars...........
>
> Tom,
>
> Some brief details on the prototypes of the two images uploaded are:
>
> CB&Q 83500 covered gondola - from the series CB&Q 83400-83599 built at the
> Burlington's Havelock NE shops in 1967-68. Renumbered into the series BN
> 577400-577599 (154 in BN paint in April 1982 in this series, 32 still in
> CB&Q paint at this time), plus a few cars numbered into smaller BN series.
> More details are Darrell Sawyers North West Rail Pics web site
> http://www.trainweb.org/nwrp/cbq/cbq83503data.htm . The series is also
> listed in David Casdorph's 1994 published Burlington Northern Freight Cars
> Today. These gondolas had an internal height of 5'4", so the ends had
five
> main rib pressings; I'm interested to see whether they are provided with
the
> kit or if a bit of parts bashing is required. The roof sections look good
> at this early stage. 10" end of car cushioning was used.
>
> GN 4300 box car - from the GN series 4200-4399 rebuilt in 1967 by the GN
St
> Cloud MN shops (with main spotting features being the waffle sides and
plug
> door) from 1944 built GN plywood side box cars from the 44025-44399
series.
> Assigned the BN 280200-280399 series, but I don't know if any were
actually
> repainted into BN paint. All off the roster by April 1982 ORER. An image
> is at http://www.greatnorthernempire.net/images/GN4351Boxcar.JPG .
>
> Both of these cars have been on my "to model" list for a few years (the
CDS
> dry transfers for the GN boxcar are already in the future models box), so
> Modeler's Choice has picked another two winners for me. I also look
forward
> to details of these kits/mini kits and other planned Modeler's Choice
> offerings.
>
> John Gillies
> Canberra, Australia
>
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