Duncan,
I am not certain if the Walthers coach is 80 ft, but I suspect it is. One of
these days I will have to buy one or two or three.
I have "kitbashed" several of Walthers heavyweight (Pullman) and expect to do
several more. Bill Glick has done several, as well as some Branchline kits.
I had an article in the Feb 08 issue of the Zephyr, No. 57, in which I took 2
of Walthers 60 foot cars and kitbashed them into the 80 ft Combine/Baggage/RPO
No. 5272.
The Walthers 60 ft and 80 ft cars come apart the same way. Remove the roof
first, then the ends, and the rest is easy, just snap off the sides from the
core base.
I recently kitbashed Solarium car "Burlington House" using Walthers 80 ft
heavyweight Pullmans, and I know Bill Glick did a Solarium that I believe he
has written an article on for the Zephyr.
For those of you in HO that have not yet experienced the fun of kitbashing, try
it, it's fun and easy to do. Just take your time. Plus you can easily expand
your fleet of passenger cars.
Ray BedardSan Jose CA
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: d.cameron@sympatico.ca
> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 07:49:53 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
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> Scott,
> It's the branchline combine, 3537, which I've posted about before that I'm
> considering modeling. I have two NKP kits, and certainly plan to obtain
> several others eventually. It appears, having blown Bill Glick's wonderful
> drawing up to full-size for HO that the Branchline single-window coach is a
> bit short (at about 78 feet). Does anyone know if the Walthers' coach is 80
> feet and how easily it might come apart?
> Duncan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Myers, Scott V.
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:28 AM
> Subject: RE: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
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> Duncan,
>
> Depending on what cars you want to model, I would suggest checking out the
> available CB&Q cars from NKP Products at their website. As I recall, he has
> kits for at least a dozen CB&Q heavyweight cars. I suppose some of these
> might also serve as a starting point for kitbashing as well.
>
> Scott Myers
>
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> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Duncan
> Cameron
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 7:41 AM
> To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CBQ] heavyweight kit-bashing
>
> Hi group.
> In my future there's some kitbashing of heavyweight cars that will have to
> happen and I wondered if anyone has had a go at using either a Walthers or
> Branchline coach as a starting point. I suspect I'll be using ends, roof and
> floor pretty much as is -- although I'll need to remove the side doors from
> the vestibule leaving the vestibule itself open to view (so the construction
> of the vestibule is a consideration). The sides I imagine I'll need to build
> from scratch for the most part. If anyone is willing to share experiences,
> I'd appreciate it (or recommend another starting point).
> Duncan Cameron
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