> I recall the author built up the fluting using
> two sizes of Evergreen half round styrene on a
> flat backing,
> Pieter Roos
The above technique might visually appear from a distance to be Budd
fluting, but it really is a totally different shape from what the
Budd Co. put on their passenger cars. I might suggest folks take a
trip to a local RR museum where there is most likely a Budd car
either on display or out back in the to-be-rennovated pile of cars.
A close look at Budd fluting will reveal a sort-of parabolic curve
(shaped by bending sheet metal) and a sharper-curved "tip" that rides
over the edges of the bent sheet metal to form a more-or-less
waterproof outer surface. And that is for the large flutes. The
smaller flutes on the roof are sort of like a square wave
(electronics speak here) about 2" wide and 2" deep. Divide that by
64 and you will see the small flutes in S scale are very tiny
indeed. The true contour of a Budd flute is unlike anything
available in sheet styrene or commercially available shapes. When
looking at HO Budd cars, it is soon obvious that the large flute
contours bear little resemblance to the prototype, but the visual
effect is generally satisfactory to most modelers. Perhaps the
Pullman-Standard flutes are easier to model. No comment about that
since I have not looked at P-S flutes up close and personal.
If Kaslo could be convinced to make a "blank window car", then
perhaps all the creative modelers out there could cut their own
windows and achieve their desired end goal. I would think that 25 or
40 orders might be enough to make Kaslo think seriously about doing
just that since he will already (eventually.....) have all the other
parts and tooling needed.
Just a thought to help those with strong desire.......Ed L.
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