--- In [email protected], "David Engle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> 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.
Dave, I've added contours to both wood roofs using thin
Northeastern sheetstock (scribed side down for easier bending) and
added styrene sheet to an Am Flyer PA roof to build it up. This meant
removing all the details which then must be scratchbuilt. Passenger
car roofs mainly you'd lose the vents, but they shouldn't be too hard
to scratch. I think this would be easier to maintain uniformity than
using Bondo. I also like the Evergreen "black" sheet as easier to see
your progress with the light reflection on it. Comes in .010", .020"
and .030".
Bud Rindfleisch
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> 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.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Karnes
> To: S-Scale
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:16 PM
> Subject: {S-Scale List} "Short" AM streamlined cars
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> TC Carr et al --
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> 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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