Dave, Would the Evergreen corrugated plastic work for the fluted sides of a RI car? MR had an article a two or three years ago about someone who scratchbuilt such a car in O scale using the Evergreen corrugated plastic, and it did look prototypical.
Tom -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of David Engle Sent: Sun 7/13/2008 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} "Short" AM streamlined cars 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
