Rob,
Thanks for the very helpful info. Much appreciated.
Speaking of the Mather cars, I've got maybe a dozen already for the Burlington
in Chinese Red, with half of those being RTR that I was able to pick up for 1/2
price! So I'm good there except they are all double deck cars.
Best,
--
"Paul (Kossart) - The CB&Q Guy"
Proto-Lancing the CB&Q "Illiniwek River-Subdivision-Branch Line" in the 1960's.
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At 02:54 PM 2/8/2006, you wrote:
>Paul,
>The only stock cars that are a good match for the Q are the resin kits from
>Sunshine, the Mather cars from Proto 2000 and a brass car from Oriental(???).
>The Sunshine kit is a great choice as all the research is done. Martin Lofton
>provides you with excellent correct castings, correct decals and all the
>prototype info you would need to build a museum quality car. The brass car was
>too expensive and only one would not be typical of a Q stock train. The Mather
>car would be good for the 60s as they were acquired late even though they were
>an older design. Hence the Chinese Red paint. Hundaman did a multipart article
>in Mainline Modeler on scratchbuilding a steam era car in styrene.
>A good candidate for a typical Q train would be the Central Valley NP stock
>car. Photos in some of the spoor or Holck books show several of these in the
>consist that would help flesh out a proper train. This is a well designed kit,
>that as is makes a great model. With the addition of wire grabs and KD #78
>scale draft gear couplers an excellent model can be made. I've built 3 and
>they just get better each time, the dies were cut in the 80s and they still
>hold up.
>The least amount of skill and work would be the Mather and some can be found
>preassembled, however some of these have Red trucks. with some work the grabs
>on this car can be changed out with wire parts to make a better looking more
>durable model. Second would be the NP car and I should mention that Decals
>were available from A Line & Champ.
>As far as availability...Release the hounds, let the hunt begin.
>Sincerely,
>Rob Manley
>Midwest Mod-U-Trak
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