I for one am glad to have the 3 window Mullet River kit - correct windows or
not. I haven't built mine yet, but it's close enough for me.
Since Mullet River doesn't sell trucks, mine will be riding on an extra set of
the All Nation trucks.
For those of you in the Chicago area, the Dupage Forest Preserve district is
opening St. James Farm on the weekends. Brooks McCormick, the property owner
for years, had purchased a Q waycar (in BN green) and moved it to the
property. Visitors can't get inside, but you can sure get some good looks and
pictures of the trucks, underbody and general layout of the body. And the farm
itself is quite interesting. There are some old architectural details from
McCormick Reaper and International Harvester factories incorporated into the
barns.
Regards,
Al Kamm III
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From: Charlie Vlk <cvlk@comcast.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2009 2:43:15 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Q waycar plans - trucks
Just a caution on the Mullet River kits.... the three window car is not
accurate, or at least typical. The kit as produced uses the same windows as the
four window kit.
While there might have been a three window car (28' or stretched to 30') that
had all the windows the same as the four window cars, most had the
earlier smaller windows (some had odd individual replacement windows, like the
one at Union).
I do believe that Lines West had some three window cars built as 30' that may
have had the larger windows but I have not come across pictures of them.
While on the subject, does anyone have CB&Q drawings for the 28' cars or
perhaps drawings covering their being stretched to 30' ??? I've never seen any
and the extensive Ulrich/Balinski collection of waycar drawings doesn't include
anything on them either.
Charlie Vlk
Rob
I have two All Nation kits one assembled and one not. Do not hold a candle to
the modern laser cut kits from Mullet River
SJH
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