In a message dated 5/14/2005 10:03:06 A.M. Central Standard Time,
no17@comcast.net writes:
Be aware that a lot of cars on the Q are Clover series
Bob,
The Q only had three 8-5 Clover cars. The most heavyweight sleepers the Q
owned were 12-1 cars, but with several different plans (3410, 3410A and 3410B
as well as some 2410A and a 2410I)
Dan - Bob is absolutely correct, before we can tell you what type of cars to
buy, you would need to state your time period and location you plan to model
(for instance, even though the Q owned two 6-6 sleepers, I do not need any
because in December 1950, they did not run on any Chicago routes - they were
out west).
If you just want a rough idea of the available models, the Q had 12-1's
(Branchline and Walthers) , 8-1-2's (Branchline and Walthers), 14 Section
(Branchline - coming soon and Walthers - already available) and the soon to be
produced 10-1-1 (Branchline). As Bob mentioned, the 8-5 and 12-2 cars had
only
one vestibule, so no chance of using any of the existing Walthers or
Branchline cars without major surgery.
As to the accuracy of the RTR decorated cars, if you want to be dead-on
accurate, the Walthers cars have issues with the lettering and possibly the
air-conditioning type (depending on which car you are modeling).
Unfortunately,
there ain't no easy answers... For a good representation, I think the
Branchline cars are a little nicer because you can build them up into the
exact
configuration to match the Q cars (but they are kits). The Walthers
pre-builts
are very nice cars, but I don't like the thick windows (AMB has laser-cut
replacements), the fact that it is very difficult to get the roof off to put
people and blinds in them, and the fact that if you are going to put a name
decal
on the car, you need to mask (or remove) the windows so you can use
overspray to try and blend in the decals. If were to buy a Walthers car, I
would
want the undecorated Pullman Green car, so I could decal it correctly to match
Q practice. Since you will have to overspray anyway if you are going to put
a car name on it, why not go to the trouble of doing all the lettering
correct?
I'd be happy to entertain any specific questions, should I know the answers.
Rich Gortowski
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