Can anyone comment on the accuracy of the Walthers 36 seat diner for a Q
car? I'd like something to bring up the rear of my early sixties Zephyr
Rocket and am considering the various options for the food service car that
was soon to disappear completely.
Duncan Cameron
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From: <rgortowski@aol.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Heavyweight Passenger Cars
>
> 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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