In terms of getting a B&O Wagontop made in 1/64, we just had this discussion on this list only a few weeks ago! Nothing in the realities of model manufacturing has changed!
I will repeat two important points: 1. In the classic era, general service box cars were, in effect, operated as a naitonwide pool. This means that XM box cars belonging to <any> road were likely to travel over any other road. Obviously, the further afield the fewer you'd see, but this has been one of the basic tenets of the "Essential Freight Cars" series in RMC. Bottom line: yes, the B&O wagontops are something <everybody> needs at least one of. 2. B&O wagontops can be divided into two main categories: the M53, which were built new; and the M15k, which were rebuilds that involved putting a new wagontop superstructure on the undeframes from wood-sheathed box cars built before World War I. The two different cars look the same at a glance, and for all I know the curved side/roof panels were identical (that would be advantageous for a model mfr), but their underframes were <completely different>! Any mfr who takes on wagontops should know this and at least make an effort to design their model and the manufacturing process so that both types can be modeled, or at least knowledgably decide to do the M53 or the M15k accurately. This is true of wagontop availability in HO scale, and as I have often pointed out, if S-scale is ever to get respect, <every new S-scale product must be at least as good or preferably better than its HO counterpart>. Now, if you haven't had blinders on for the last few years, some new HO products are awfully good, and it is a challenge for even the best to out-do them. Jeff English Troy, New York --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > O.k, based on that, let me ask this... > > Anyone know how long these B&O Wagon Top cars lasted, what road owned them at the end, and how far from home did they stray? > > Just trying to see if I can justify at least 3 on my layout. > > > John Degnan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____________________________________________ > -------------- Original message -------------- > > Get some detailed plans, line up 100 orders for the car and contact Kaslo > > Shops about making you a kit. > > cheers > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > > What can we do to get some S scale relief? > > > Paul S. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. 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/
