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dave1905 Posted - 11/04/2011 : 7:50:24 PM
I'll start an early rail thread. This will be for posts about rail cars you've built, one's that have been kitbashed, scratchbuilt, resin kits, wood kits, any pre-WW1 car.

I'll start with my B&O hopper cars. May railroad interchanges witht eh B&O at Wilmington, DE and so would have substanial soft coal business. To support that I needed some B&O coal cars. There is a picture of a B&O hopper in White's book. Looking through the 1900, 1905 ORER's I found about 5000 cars of those same general dimensions.

I took a Life-Like twin hopper, the cheapy, old Varney style and sanded off the ribs and all details. All the ladders were cut off, leaving only the end sill and corner posts.

I then cut 4 ft out of the center of the car to shorten it to 30 ft. The exterior was covered with .020x 1/8" styrene strips. End sills were added from 1/8" square styrene. A hopper bottom was cut from scribed siding and the hoppers were covered with scale 2x8 styrene.

The side posts were made with Tichy stake pockets and scale 4x4 styrene. A walk way was added with strip styrene between the side stakes and then a strip ove the top of the stakes. Grab irons were added from brass wire.

There is the model ready for paint:
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Frank Palmer Posted - 02/11/2012 : 6:58:42 PM
John, talk to Doug, he’s an expert on coffee.
Schoolmaster Posted - 02/02/2012 : 4:48:34 PM
More beautiful work frank. I must look into coffee stirrers.
Frank Palmer Posted - 02/02/2012 : 3:48:50 PM
Doug, the layout in the background is the Sundance Central. I’m one of the original two. Thanks Nevin, I’ll do that later on.
NevinW Posted - 02/02/2012 : 08:29:27 AM
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Originally posted by Frank Palmer

Thanks Håkan and George, they're Fn3 91:20.3) and they run on the Sundance Central. I really get into the down and decrepit look, that's what I love about narrow gauge railroading.

Those are really nice models. The combine is great. You should post some more. - Nevin
dougcoffey1950 Posted - 02/02/2012 : 08:14:20 AM
Nice work Frank. Your layout in the background looks fantastic.
Frank Palmer Posted - 02/01/2012 : 9:03:15 PM
Thanks Håkan and George, they're Fn3 91:20.3) and they run on the Sundance Central. I really get into the down and decrepit look, that's what I love about narrow gauge railroading.
George D Posted - 02/01/2012 : 6:12:43 PM
Great detailing on those cars, Frank. What scale are they?

George
masonamerican Posted - 02/01/2012 : 3:34:35 PM
Fantastic models! I just love the deteriorated look and weathering.

Håkan
Frank Palmer Posted - 02/01/2012 : 2:30:46 PM
I don’t know if these qualify for this thread as Early Rail Cars since they’re not of any particular road name or car. They’re just cars I built because I like funky one-of-a-kind rolling stock. The siding on both cars is made with wood coffee stirrers, one of my favorite materials.

The caboose actually started out to become Ferrocarril & Mexicano number 151. But I made a modification to the sliding doors to put them on the outside instead of the inside otherwise its pretty close to the original. I liked the fact it didn’t have any end platforms.









The combine was a just because I wanted a combine. I had a set of wooden disconnects lying around for years and I decided to build the combine with the wood trucks to make it more interesting. I added the roof walk, air tank and wind scoop for more one of a kind character.







deemery Posted - 12/26/2011 : 12:45:28 AM
It's the old 5 piece, with the "Heinz Apple Butter" decals. I'll probably do it in all boxcar red, I haven't decided which paint scheme yet.

dave
railman28 Posted - 12/26/2011 : 12:34:27 AM
Nice build Dave. But she's naked!!! How are going to dress her?
George D Posted - 12/25/2011 : 9:58:23 PM
Nice job, Dave. Is that a one piece body or the old five piece?

George
dave1905 Posted - 12/25/2011 : 3:46:11 PM
Very nice. I recieved two Silver Crash car kits, a 34 ft box and Canda Car Co. stock car (which looks like a particularly challenging kit.)
deemery Posted - 12/25/2011 : 3:22:45 PM
Westerfield Heinz Reefer, almost done:

Westerfield kits always challenge me to do complete brake rigging:

This kit comes with outside brake hangers, but I need to get the correct swing-motion trucks first. (They're on order :-). Once I get the trucks on them and make sure coupler height is still correct with the new trucks, this will get added to the ever-increasing airbrush queue.

dave
Frank Palmer Posted - 11/28/2011 : 2:44:13 PM
Tom,
I love those outside braced boxcars. I have pictures of some I'm going to build, soon I hope.

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