All, I just painted my 2nd CGF gondola black yesterday for N&W. I have the decals from Greg Komar.
As much as I like the idea of real wood for composite side cars, I do have some hesitation about joining dissimilar materials like wood and brass - forever. Further if the wood expands or contracts it could expose previously unexposed areas that will stick out. The CGF gondola really is a crisp tight car - that is why I got 2 of them now. The details are great. It was built by the same company that built our Pennsy S Models cars. It was however a bit of a smack in the face when I first saw it because there absolutely **are** PSM G26 **parts** and IDEAS on it..... Name another brass S car besides PSM and CGF that has draft gear built in to accept the 802 coupler. Whatever.... I know I was first. It is just a tragedy the G26 did not get the quality and execution that the CGF car did. So as Jim K pointed out, I have taken a pretty firm stance against buying composite side gondolas and hoppers as they most likely would have been converted to steel sides by 1957. I already have a good collection of SHS composite hoppers. I am looking forward to balancing that out with the new peaked end hoppers. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy & PRSL in 1957 in S Scale since 1988 See my finished models at: http://www.lanestrains.com Look at what has been made in PRR in S Scale! Custom Train Parts Design http://www.lanestrains.com/SolidWorks_Modeling.htm PRR Builders Photos Bought, Sold & Traded (Trading is MUCH preferred) http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRphotos.xls ***Join the PRR T&HS*** The other members are not ALL like me! http://www.prrths.com http://www.lanestrains.com/PRRTHS_Application.pdf Join the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines Historical Society It's FREE to join! http://www.prslhs.com Preserving The Memory Of The PRSL [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: [email protected] [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/
