Hi Roger; I looked at one of my SSA tanks, there is a single row of rivets along the center of the tank top. There should be an offset double row (the rivet of one row falling opposite the gap in the other row). If people notice, you could replace them with Archer decal rivets. Not too many shots show the top of tank cars.
Two excellent sources of information would be Trainshed Cyclopedia No. 12 (Tank Cars 1922 - 1944) and the Speedwitch Media "Steam Era Freight Cars Reference Manual, Volume Two: Tank Cars" found at http://www.speedwitch.com/Books.htm Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Roger Nulton <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Roger Nulton <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Tank Cars > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 1:03 PM > Pieter, > > Thanks for the info on tank cars. Since I have a > couple dozen of the SSA kits that I have painted and > decaled, it’s good to know that they are close to being > accurate! I’ve also been told that the rivets on the > top of the tank are wrong. Does anyone know what is > correct? > > Roger Nulton > > From: Pieter Roos > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 11:01 AM > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Tank Cars > > > Hi Dick; > > Those changes would make the car look more like an ACF (or > several other builder's) cars. As is, the cars are most > similar to GATX cars which did not have the end or stub side > sills. See the Google Books reference I posted earlier which > covers some of this. > > For GATX cars they should have two-rung corner steps. > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Mon, 12/13/10, Richard Karnes > <mailto:rnk2202%40yahoo.com> wrote: > > Ed et al -- > > > > Des Plaines/S Scale America makes a 1920s-1040s tank > car > > that superficially > > looks like a large-dome uninsulated ICC-103. I > have a > > few, but I have altered > > them. The SSA car comes without side and end > > sills. It has holes to mount end > > grabirons atop the end walk. There are end trusses > instead > > of end sills. I > > adapted Ye Olde Huff 'n' Puff tank car end sills to > these > > cars, and I added side > > sills between the car ends and the body > bolsters. The > > end trusses are now > > crossbearers at the car's third points. > > > > When I post a photo of one, I will let the group > know. > > > > Dick Karnes > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > mailto:S-Scale-fullfeatured%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
