I'm the one who said A-M cars were too short, so I better explain. One of my
projects here is to build an 80-foot baggage car by taking a piece out of the
A-M baggage-dorm. The coupled length of the GN series 1200-1205 Baggage dorm
built for the "Mid-Century" Empire Builder, which I understand is the prototype
for the A-M car is 85'-0 feet. So I figured it was a case of taking 5 feet out
of the shell in the least obtrusive place. When I checked the shell and
realized I would cut out only 4 feet, I adjusted accordingly. Now if I just
had some postwar-Pullman Standard corrugated siding to install, it would be
closer to prototype, but I'll wait until then before I slick on some putty to
raise the roof contour to what it should be.
The same Randall book shows at least three groups of coaches on GN, all
coupled-length 85 feet. The actual body length of these and the dorms is 85' 0
minus 14-1/2 inches on each end, total 82'-7. 82'-7 equals 991 inches,
991/64=15.48 model inches. The side I took out of the shell to make room for
the pre-war sleeper side is 15-3/8. After consulting with Dennis Sautters, he
dialed up 1:64.3 on his laser, made the sides, and they fit the shells.
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Karnes
To: S-Scale
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:16 PM
Subject: {S-Scale List} "Short" AM streamlined cars
TC Carr et al --
The complaint about the shortness of the AM smooth-side streamliners has
nothing to do with the cars' length per se. It has to do with the Laser
Horizons car sides being a scale foot longer than the AM cars used as core
bodies. That's why Laser Horizons has to use a scale slightly smaller than 1:64
to create sides that match AM cars. This is just a fact, not something we can
"get over."
Dick Karnes
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