I guess this means Bert Carpenter lied to us when he labeled his box
"Exact Scale Model". Now I'm depressed! My first non AF car was that
flat car--five weeks of mowing grass at 50 cents a week!
Rusty, have Dave write an article on how it was done--1/64's or the
Dispatch could use it I'm sure.
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
On 12/16/10 7:32 PM, Rusty wrote:
>
> I've posted photos of the progress D. Fontana has made converting a
> REX flat car to a NYC prototype. The original flat is in two of the
> photos. The other two are the new version he is building. The original
> REX model was done with a totally incorrect underframe. They used the
> gondola underframe instead of making a flat car underframe. Dave cut
> out all of the underframe and built up a new one using styrene. Notice
> that he added material for the end beam and has moved the brake staff
> closer to the side per the NYC car. The photos are in an album named
> Rustys Ramblings
>
> J. Rustermier
>
>
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