If you ever need to find rivet strips of various sizes and single or double
rows etc. try Archer Fine Transfers. John
----- Original Message -----
From: Duncan Cameron<mailto:d.cameron@sympatico.ca>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: branchline combines
Jonathan,
I've got the picture in Mike's book but thanks for putting the ruler down for
me. That will help when it comes to doing the windows. I'd wondered about the
actual sizes and whether any of the New England Rail Service window sets would
work. I'll have to start looking at cars soon. You may be right that I need to
build everything between the doors. Any Ideas about doing rivets well?
Duncan
----- Original Message -----
From: bigbearoak
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com<mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:04 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Re: branchline combines
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<mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.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<mailto:CBQ%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] branchline combines
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> Duncan-
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> 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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