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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
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 Posted - 10/19/2009 : 10:12:48 PM
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Just something I picked up off the bay a week ago; looked & felt a little on the large size and lo and behold it matched right up with the set of 17/64th's plans I have for this car....
Pre-dates me for sure and was surely a kit that was assembled very well; roof is removable but only because the glue on it failed - body is tight & solid. Queenposts go through the body and there are nuts insde securing them....
A little cleaning and re-attaching the one truss rod and this car is ready to roll! |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2009 : 8:16:14 PM
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Picked these 2 up recently; both have quite a few years on them, but still have a bit of charm to them as well.
1st is a nice little box trailer; rounded corners on the ends with end doors. Was missing one of the trucks so I added a pair of the arch bars that I routinely use these days.
2nd is a simple flat car with rounded end. This may appear a tad crude -- seems to be made from tin or steel wrapped around the wood block tacked togehter -- but those stake pockets are soldered on more neatly than I could do it and the ends soldered together on the wrap around is neatly done as well. A simple car neatly done -- thinking about adding decking to it, but then again maybe I'll just be leaving it alone..........
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acousticco
Fireman
Canada
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Posted - 11/08/2009 : 11:52:22 PM
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I like traction rolling stock allot, the rounded ends on the flat are really neat.
Cool stuff!
-Cody |
Edited by - acousticco on 12/11/2009 2:14:12 PM |
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BRAKEMAN 12
Section Hand
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Posted - 12/10/2009 : 12:21:13 PM
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These are really COOL-looking models!![:-basketball] If traction modelers, in general, are considered somewhat of a "minority" in the grand scheme of model railroading, than traction FREIGHT truly must be an ULTRA-minority!![:-bigeyes2]
Which, truly, would be sad, for, all anyone has to do is to start reading up on the interurban systems of old to discover for themselves just how fascinating and diverse traction freight was, long, long ago! PE, CNS&M, LVT......well, as you might suspect, the list can (and does) go on and on...... John |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 12/13/2009 : 1:54:35 PM
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I'd say a minority in the extreme as I know of only a few individuals that build such cars and let me fold in another minority variable for you --> O scale,  |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2010 : 4:40:53 PM
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I'm back to this specific car having repaired the truss rods and how they were mounted, but what I'm not sure about is what to do about the cracked door.
The scribed siding that was used cracked right through the inside hung door. I can patch this; put a bit of wood behind it and fill the crack with wood putty easily enough, but I'm not going to get the color matched up.
I'm open to suggestions.
BTW, this car is 17/64th's. |
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acousticco
Fireman
Canada
1324 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2010 : 6:41:25 PM
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| Traction freight in 17/64th might be an ultra-ultra minority..! I wonder if anyone dose Proto 48 or On3 traction... |
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deemery
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 12/12/2010 : 7:13:05 PM
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If worse comes to worse, fill the crack and bring it over to my house, and we'll get Olimpia* to match the paint color.
dave
* one advantage of having a formally trained artist for a wife :-) |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2010 : 8:06:56 PM
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Originally posted by acousticco
Traction freight in 17/64th might be an ultra-ultra minority..! I wonder if anyone dose Proto 48 or On3 traction...
Pretty sure that I have seen Proto-48 traction, but no On3 yet despite there existing prototypes for On3. It's been something lurking at the back of my mind,[:-bigeyes2]
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If worse comes to worse, fill the crack and bring it over to my house, and we'll get Olimpia* to match the paint color.
I may take you up on that offer! It's a combination of color and patina - car has to originally be from the '30s, I think.
I do wish I could stuble on a case of the radial couplers on it though - they are really excellent despite being dummy couplers. |
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modorney
Engine Wiper
USA
139 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2010 : 8:15:45 PM
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You could remove the door, or even have it half open, with some bundles of freight inside.
Say a few bundles of the newspaper, with a freight handler sitting on a bundle, reading one of the papers? |
cheers,
Mike O
Euro-style modeling on a 2 by 5 foot module. |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 12/13/2010 : 8:43:02 PM
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Had not considered removing or "opening" the door...
Not sure that I can w/o causing other dmamge, but it's certainly an idea worth considering!! |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 01/27/2011 : 7:57:09 PM
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Well, this one just arrived yesterday and I just started taking a good look at it.
Older than I am, sides are scribed cardboard. Trucks are Walthers with the axles wrapped with lead and there's a lead weight nailed where a center sill might have been put. It's plenty heavy and will go on a diet.
Nice Wagner radial couplers though!
Not much I can do to this to upgrade it w/o destroying it, so I'll leave it alone after cleaning it up a bit.
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Edited by - mwbpequod on 01/27/2011 8:00:40 PM |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2011 : 07:44:31 AM
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While sitting around watching paint dry on stuff, I removed the trucks from the Old Colony car and salvages the sheet - useful in side a car someday - and the lead bar stock center sill. Car is still plenty heavy -- must be more lead inside it![:-bigeyes] I know that some folks think that the NMRA weighting might be out of date and that withe today's better trucks, etc that cars could be bit lighter, but this car will never be as light as the current recommendations,
The Walthers cast trucks get "retired" = eBay. New Athearn Archbars with IM wheelsets to save a little weight and add better rolling properties. And, sinc it's got that "naked underbody" look, I'm going to add a bit of an underbody framing, queen posts, brake cylinder, truss rods, turnbuckles and a coat of paint underneath, too. |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2011 : 8:14:33 PM
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It just got bumped off the queue by this:
an All Nation IT Reefer car thart came with a set of operating brass radial couplers (Kemtron??). Total PITA to assemble and get to swivel smoothly.....good amount of detail parts to add and one reefer door hing missing, hinges off the 4 icing doors not there, grab irons, stirrup steps, truss rods, brake cylinder and an air cylinder.......this had a roofwalk, too! |
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mwbpequod
Crew Chief
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2011 : 11:32:25 PM
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Well, pretty much all done with this one except for a bit of light weathering......
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Neil M
Fireman
Australia
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Posted - 04/07/2011 : 05:26:19 AM
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| Very nice painting on the last one, but you still need to paint the wheel and trucks. Cars look a lot more realistic without the shiny wheels. |
Built a waterfront HO layout in Ireland http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22161 but now making a start in On30 in Australia |
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