I'll second Dan's thoughts on a true Z braced car. Every transistion era layout needs several--which is a problem to. Not enough time to build them, but I still would buy a couple. The nicely done SHS car is great but its hat section braces, I'm told, weren't as common as the Z braced. I would suspect that a RTR Z braced car would be difficult to mold.
I guess the typical Kinsman 7 panel would be a great starting place. It had metal braced wooden ends and wooden doors. One could add metal ends and several door styles. I'm not sure about door openings. About 63 or 64', I took a camera that was won at a carnival down to the local Milwaukee Road's rail yard and photographed a bunch of these cars that had been gathered up. I was going to use the shots as reference for the kit. I only got a couple of the shots to 'come out' (what did I expect from a $.39 camera?) but the cars were soon gone forever. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com On 12/19/10 9:13 AM, Daniel McConnachie wrote: > > How about a 40', outside braced boxcar with dreadnaught ends and Z > braces, shell? Lots of railroads had basic cars like these. With > various combinations of roofs and doors, added by the modeler, many > different models are possible. > > Daniel McConnachie > Retired Head of Music > Stouffville District Secondary School > > --- On Sat, 12/18/10, SMMW <[email protected] > <mailto:jimking3%40charter.net>> wrote: > > From: SMMW <[email protected] <mailto:jimking3%40charter.net>> > Subject: {S-Scale List} PRR X29D in S scale? > To: [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 8:46 PM > [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/
