Hi Tom,
I did not mention the height difference because that's only slightly more
than
1 mm (1,167816 mm to be exact) and hard to see. Moreover we still do not
know
how the Athearn car will scale down. (in other words from which drawings
did each manufacturer take his measurements). The ConCor
cars have the same configuration as Walther's cars but much cruder.
I fully agree with your choice of paintschemes for a future run of Athearn
cars.
By the way, wonder what me may expect from Kadee in the future!
Ben
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From: "thommack" <thommack@yahoo.com>
To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 3:57 AM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Walthers PS-2 hoppers
> I'm just going to wait for the Athearn cars to come out for CB&Q.
> Also, I didn't think that the Walthers cars were correct for the HC-3
> cars since the HC-3 was 4-inches taller and 6-inches wider than the
> HC-2 with a capacity of 3,219cf compared to 2,983cf for the HC-2 cars.
> I'm not sure how noticable the 4" height difference or the 6 inch
> width would really be in a real train, much less in HO, but I figure
> that give it a year or two and we might just see a real 3,219cf (HC-3)
> model released by Walthers based on their current 2,983cf model.
>
> BTW, how about a sample poll? If we can get Athearn to do a CB&Q car
> on their next run, what color/scheme should they be? I believe we have
> 3 choices:
>
> 1. Original Mineral red with script WotZ and EW slogans
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> 2. 1960's Mineral Red with block Burlington and small full color
> herald; also 70-ton capacity lines
>
> 3. 1965 retrucked HC-2 numbers 85050-75074 (ex 85015-85029) in black
> with white lettering.
>
> I'd like to see 3, followed by 2. Anyone else?
>
> As a side note, aren't the ConCor PS-2's (which were the basis for the
> three different color scheme BRHS cars in 1996) the same as the early
> design PS-2's being produced by Athearn?
>
> Tom Mack
> Cincinnati, OH
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> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Ben de Vries <ben1.vries@p...> wrote:
>>
>> Am heavily disappointed in Walthers and the BRHS! Have a
>> 2-pack of the Walthers PS-2's on order, expecting these to be
> prototypically correct cars. Yes,the carbody of the model
>> is correct for a 1958 built HC-3 with hat-type outer ribs but
> Walthers issue the cars painted black and numbered as 1954 built
> HC-2's, overhauled 1965 w. 100t roller bearing trucks.These cars had
> channel-type outer ribs as has the
>> forthcoming Athearn model, so they should use the Walthers
> paintscheme! (the Walthers cars should be grey w. red lettering).
> Suppose that someone in the BRHS
>> Board should have advised Walthers and should advise
>> Athearn before it is too late!
>> Ben de Vries, Holland
>>
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