Dan,
According to William Glicks book " Passenger Cars of the Burlington"1869 -
1930's ....NO.
According to Model Die Casting, I'm embarrassed to say, Um yes. Remember those
were produced in California during the 1970s and to say that was a fantasy
paint job would be too kind.
HOWEVER, you could kitbash a credible passenger car from the MDC Pullman Palace
line of car kits. Using Bill's book as a guide you would have to section cut
windows or groups of windows and rearrange them to match the plans. Cut below
the roofline and through the vertical siding, reassemble the components and
reinforce the seams. The problem with those bodies is that the thickness of the
walls are inconsistent from side to side and car to car. To get a smooth
carside you need to line up the side components from the outside glue with
Testors liquid cement and reinforce the joint with .010 or .020 sheet styrene.
I would paint the sides with your choice of Pullman Green and paint the roof
Black. If you intend to pull a string of cars, replace the wheelsets with
Intermountain or Reboxx and the cars can be pulled by a K-2 class.
By the way, I highly recommend getting the book. It is spiral bound, and the
plans are in HO scale. There are 146 plans with car numbers, floorplans and
names. The book was printed in 1986 with a total printing of 1,000. Mine is
#461 and is signed. Happy hunting.
Sincerely,
Rob Manley
Midwest Mod-U-Trak
"When building kits is a lost art,
Only lost artists will be building kits !!"
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Almosnino
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 1:26 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Old Time coaches
Hi,
Did the Burlington own any old time Overton type passenger cars?
If so,
What was their color, markings, names etc.?
Where can I find any photos?
What was the period of their service?
Thanks,
Dan
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