Wow! Beautiful job! This would make a great article for MR, or at least a photo essay. I can't wait to see the models in person and get a play by play. Wish I had plans for the Monon cars!
Roger Nulton (GO RED SOX!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "adguytrains" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: [S-Scale Modeling] Shasta Daylight (or your favorite) cars from AM shells > > > Hi, all! > > I just completed a 13 car train set model of Southern Pacific's 1949 > Shasta Daylight in S scale. Photos of these cars have been uploaded > to the photo section. Because of general growing interest in > passenger trains and specific trains/cars by modelers in all scales > over the past several years, I thought many of you might find this > project interesting. I used 0.020 laser cut/etched styrene sides > from a company called Laser Horizons (in Canton, OH) to build these > custom cars. If you have a favorite passenger car, or train, this > is a little known company that can get you there in S scale without > a lot of work. Etched brass passenger car sides have been available > in HO scale for several years. > > Laser Horizons offers both styrene and acrylic plastic sides for S > scale passenger cars. Dennis has about 200 cars programed into the > laser's computer and, should your favorite not be there, he can > program any car you wish if you provide drawings and/or photos. The > Shasta is a good example. The train featured extra-tall 34" scenic > windows in all of the cars delivered new for the train in 1949. > Enlarging the american Models cars did not make much sense to me. > Instead, these sides are applied over the American Models 81' car > bodies to create the finished product. I chose to leave off the > center skirting and used BTS S scale and Train Station HO components > to create a reasonably accurate underbody for each car. > Construction time was about 2 hours per car, not counting painting > and decaling. the good news is that you can paint, letter and add > styrene window glazing BEFORE adding the sides to the body. This > really simplifies the process. I used AM "Budd" style trucks on all > cars except the RPO and articulated triple-unit diner. These > received AM 6 wheel trucks with 4 brake cylinders (BTS) added, per > the respective prototypes. > > The Acrylic plastic sides are thicker than the styrene and are > intended for use on open wood roof/end/floor models like those used > in the old Chester and JC kits. They, too, make into nice cars. I > did several of these for my 17 car Lark consist last spring. > > These Laser Horizons sides offer S scale modelers a chance to create > their favorite passenger cars without a tremendous amount of work. > You can even create fluted-sided cars using the styrene sides and > Evergreen's 0.040 half-rounds. There was an article in Model > Railroader 3 months ago on scratch building an O scale car with this > method (see! Who says you can't still learn something from MR). > > Should anyone want more information on this process please contact > me. Dennis at Laser Horizons can provide a list of his "standard" > sides by contacting him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Enjoy the possibilities! > > Bob Hogan, Concord, MA > > > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
