For anyone interested, there's a good pic of 3537 on p. 16 of Mike Spoor's
color guide to CB&Q rolling stock.
Putting scale ruler to Bill Glick's diagram book, the window pairs on the 3530
series cars are about the same height but almost 10% wider than those on the
Pullmans (faithfully) modeled by Branchline, so presumably their cars would
make less than perfect starting points. I don't know about the cars Charlie
mentions, but it wouldn't surprise me if either AHM or IHC was conveniently a
bit large for scale; certainly worth a look.
Regarding the notorious rib or bar above the windows, let us know what you
decide to do. So far as I know it is one of those defining Burlington features
that never appears on generic models and is not easily replicated without
re-laying out the entire car sides to get them to look right. Letterboards on
the Q's cars with ribs were broad - maybe 3-4 inches wider than on a standard
Pullman. Tricky to model and to capture the appearance if starting with, say, a
narrower Branchline letterboard. Could make lettering difficult too, if adding
the rib constricted vertical space. I might be inclined to fabricate a new,
larger letterboard and raise the car sides.
I agree w/Charlie, you're in for a good bashing. But you also will end up with
a pretty neat model.
Have fun!
Jonathan
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Duncan Cameron" <d.cameron@...> wrote:
>
> Charlie,
> The car is number 3537, one of eight cars converted for branchline use in
> 1948-49 from AC&F built coaches. Yes, it had a baggage door cut into it but
> kept both coach vestibules. The "rib" is low on the letterboard - maybe a
> quarter of the way up between the windows and the roof. Something similar
> appears on the 4500 and 6100 coaches.
> I'll take a look at some of the cars you mentioned. Thanks.
> Duncan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Charlie Vlk
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] branchline combines
>
>
> Duncan-
>
> I think I know the type of car you are talking about..... IIRC they are
> steel sheathed wood cars.
> Some of the Pullman steel sheathed cars had the rib above the letterboard
> as well. If you have a car number the exact heritage of the car would be easy
> to trace using Glick's books or Joe Douda's source material
>
> I'm not sure there is a really good starting point for the cars. I would
> look at the AHM Pullman or some of the IHC Pullmans to use as a "core" kit.
> Maybe you'l luck out and the window spacing from one of them will work out.
> The IHC cars are all over the map as to height of letterboard, windows, and
> girder panels (even though all the Pullmans should be identical) so one might
> work out. Thinking about it, the Athearn Coach and Baggage cars might be a
> starting point as well... they had a pretty deep letterboard.
>
> It is going to be an extensive kitbash as the car type I'm thinking about
> was a coach that had a baggage door cut into the side, so was itself a
> kitbash.
>
> Charlie Vlk
>
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