Bill, Don't worry about the wood sides shrinking, I've had mine up and
running for some time without problems. I think I just used some of the
canopy glue from Testors--just a dab here and there. Besides if you
paint the brass part of the car separately any movement is a non issue.
I judged the draft gear box kinda hard to deal with, so in my mind it
wasn't a great benefit.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
>
> 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
>
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