This is doable. You will of course have to make some of these details yourself
but, if you saw some of the original detail parts, you might be better off any
way. As for the operational hardware, I think we have better choices today.
Sometimes the joy of modeling is in overcoming the challenges.
John Oglesby
Bill Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have to admire any modeler who would build a car using such car
sides. We have better options now. For those wanting to try, here is a
list of parts for a reefer, which appeared in an eBay auction a few
years ago.
Today I wonder if it's even possible to find all such parts. At least
I know I can get the cardboard sides from Mwinternetauctionsonmain, if
I am willing to bid at least $3.99, plus $5.00 shipping.
This "kit" Includes:
1 pair of Gene Walp Page Milk Co. silk-screened reefer sides.
1 pair of Rex equalized Buckeye 50-ton AAR double-truss trucks
(containing Robert Miller scale metal wheelsets that run in Ace brass
bushings),
1 set of Ace truck mounting screws & bushings,
1 pair of Delaware Valley S scale converted Kadee MKD-8 couplers,
1 each V&T Shops USRA reefer roof,
1 each V&T Shops USRA underframe,
1 each Northeastern roofwalk (trim to size).
1 each precut Northeastern subfloor,
2 each precut Northeastern end blocks,
1 each Northeastern scribed siding for two ends,
1 lot Northeastern wood for endsills and fascia strips,
36 Northeastern S scale grabirons,
6 Northeastern eye pins, for brake rod hangers & master links,
1" brake chain,
2 lengths of 0.020" brass wire for brake rods and air lines,
1 length of 0.015" brass wire for brake retainer valve air line,
2 pieces Walthers #915-116 1/64 x 1/116 flat brass wire for brake
levers,
1 each brakewheel, premounted on 0.032" brakestaff
1 set of 4 Stewart/Nimco/Huff & Puff #S102 dummy ice hatches,
1 pair Stewart/Northeastern/Huff & Puff #S109 coupler pockets,
1 each Stewart/Northeastern/Huff & Puff #S117 K type brake cylinder,
1 pair Stewart/Nimco/Huff & Puff #S121 destination boards,
1 set Stewart/Nimco/Huff & Puff #S127 reefer door hardware,
1 each Ace #02030 brake platform,
6 each Grandt Line #4018 steps,
1 each Tomalco #T-3005 retainer valve,
1 pair Tomalco #T-3013 air hose, angle cocks & glad hands,
1 each Tomalco #T-4008 pipe tee,
6 each Tomalco #T-4012 large clevis.
--
Bill Roberts, Receiver
San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co.
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