I have done underbody details from back in the days when I had to virtually scratchbuild everything.I even hung bleeder rods on Stewart control valves, etc.
That changed when I decided an operating layout was more important. Now, I detail underbodies, etc., to where they look good at first glance. That's why I have left the cast-on details on a lot of SHABBONA's AF conversions, for instance - in the context of a moving train, nobody notices. Highlighting certain details with a Sharpie Black fine point pen helps complete the subterfuge. Passenger equipment has been a "work in progress" from the beginning, addressed as details, techniques, etc., become available.A lot of the freight equipment is awaiting underbody brake details, because when I'm switching The Humongous Co. I don't even notice their absence. On fishbody cars (flat cars, gondolas, etc.), I draw the line. Underbodies on those cars are exempt from airport-style security inspections! Bob Nicholson __________________________________ --- In [email protected], "richgajnak" <rustytra...@...> wrote: > > It depends on how much abition I have at the time, particularly on an AM > boxcar. > > No ambition: Leave things alone. > > Low ambition: Rearrage the brake blobs into their correct positions. > > Medium ambition: Replace the brake blobs with a Grandt Line AB brake set and > add the rigging. > > High ambition: Grandt Line AB brake gear, rigging and plumbing. > > Now if I was really ambitious, which I'm not, I'd replace the K brake > apparatus (outlawed in the early '40s I believe) on SHS cars with the AB > system. > > Although, I have replaced the K brake on AM wood cabeese with the Grandt AB. > With the tool boxes removed the underbody brake gear is pretty evident. > > Rich G. > > > > --- In [email protected], "David Dewey" <djdewey@> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > Interesting comments recently on underbody details. So I will chime in > > with > > my thoughts. All the pictures I've seen, and all the layouts I've been to, > > have been of trains running on tracks, and mostly viewed from slightly > > above > > the tracks. What's under "the skirt" is not seen. Unlike car shows, we > > don't > > usually display our railroad cars with mirrors under them to show off the > > details. While it is definately a challenge, and fun for many, to > > super-detail the underside of a car, unless you're going to model a wreck > > with a car on it's side, who's ever going to see it?? > > I'm not "disin'" those who do so, I admire the attention to detail, the > > research, and resourcefullness of those that do take the time to do all > > that > > fine work. I just think that a mass-produced, RTR car really doesn't need > > all that stuff to be a presentable model to run on a layout. > > Yeah, I'll probably never be a rivet counter! :) > > Now where's my shovel and those bomb-shelter plans?? > > S' > > David D. > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
