Ed,
Thanks for the info. There were several RPO's painted aluminum. I have a
photo of the 6 window RPO's in aluminum.
The 60 foot Trainline car made adding the NKP sides a breeze. Had to add som
.030 shims to the sides, but it went together a lot faster with better
looking trucks and underbody. I can even include the interior to add
additional detail with very little effort.
Wonder if NKP would concider using these for future releases of 60 foot
cars. Maybe he could be like Brass Car Sides, that is sell only the sides
and let the consumer purchase the body.
Ray
>From: "Ed DeRouin" <Ed@pixelspublishing.com>
>Reply-To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [CBQ] Re: Heavy Weight ???'s
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 14:17:23 -0000
>
>Ray:
>
>It is good to hear that someone has built one of the NKP car 'kits'! Your
>use of existing 60-
>foot car components is worth considering. particularly with the abundance
>of Walthers
>coaches and combines.
>
>I believe that the first application of the ribbon-style, or
>spaghetti-style, lettering was
>about 1951. I do not have a specific date that aluminum paint was fisrt
>applied to
>heavyweight equipment handy, but suspect that it was about the same time. I
>beleive that
>RPO and RPO-baggage cars painted in aluminum were intended for specific
>assignments.
>
>Come to think of it, was a Q 60-foot RPO ever painted aluminum?
>
>Regards,
>
>Ed DeRouin
>
>
>--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Ray Bedard" <tczephyr@...> wrote:
> >
> > I just finished completing the NKP 60 foot 5 window RPO car. I used a
> > Trainline (Walthers) 60 foot RPO for the roof, underside (including
>trucks)
> > and body frame instead of the one supplied by NKP. This resulted in a
>much
> > easier and quicker kit to build rather than using the supplied roof and
> > floor. Didn't need to buy new trucks or other detail parts. I wonder
>what
> > other 60 foot cars NKP could make in brass that would use these
>Trainline
> > bodies. I think this would make a very interesting project for them.
> >
> > Anyway, what I am wondering is, what year did the Q start painting some
>of
> > their heavy weight equipment in silver? Also, what year did they start
>using
> > the spaghetti style lettering on the green heavy weight cars in place of
>the
> > Roman style lettering?
> >
> >
> > Ray Bedard
> > San Jose CA
> >
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