I took a quick look at two freight car books, and it
appears that Don is right that roof platforms were
rare on wood roof cars (although I didn't see enough
cars were you could be certain of both the roof type
and platform or lack there to be definitive). Many
steel roof cars also lack the platform, however.
Personally I never cared for the Grandt reefer hatch
parts as the I don't think the hatch part has enough
relief from the platform and the hinges look more like
barn door hinges than reefer hatch hinges. There may
be a prototype, but I'm not sure. Don's or the
Huff-N-Puff parts are better except for the latch
detail (which can be made from brass strip).
I guess the real question is what exactly you are
trying to accomplish. You could also just modify the
existing SHS hatches to make smaller hinge detail, for
example.
Pieter Roos
--- Donald Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Art,
> What type of roof is on your reefer? I beleive
> the ice hatches with
> the wood platform were used on steel roofs only.
<SNIP>
> Don
> Art Armstrong wrote:
>
> > Please note that nothing in this note is intended
> to criticize S
> > Helper Service, their employees, or their
> products. Most of my cars
> > came from SHS and I am grateful for what they do.
> >
> > I would like to replace the ice hatch covers on
> my SHS ice-reefers.
> >
> > Has anyone done this? I looked in some fairly old
> catalogs by Banta
> > and Precision Scale with no luck. Grandt line
> (catalog #2 - date ?)
> > has S-scale hatches, part #4016 page 58, that
> look like they might be
> > appropriate. Has anyone tried these?
> >
> > How much trimming of the existing hatch flanges
> is needed? What's a
> > good way to trim them? -hopefully without
> requiring a repaint of the
> roof.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Art Armstrong
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