Hi Tom:
I have built mine but not applied trucks and couplers because they are in
the lettering lineup. I built my for general not trailer service. Will take
another look at them but I quite liked them.
cheers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hawley" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 7:40 PM
Subject: {S-Scale List} The F39 flatcar
>I was doing OK in assembling my BTS F39 flatcar kit until I reached the
>point where the floor seemed to be coming out much too high with respect
>to the side railings. I couldn't remove the supplied sheet styrene I had
>bonded on for decking, and so I set it aside. Recently a friend who is a
>much better modeller than I am took it home with him, brought it back with
>a new deck that looks right. I think he said he replaced the .040 material
>with a like amount of .020 material.
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> Since he's underemployed right now, I'm going to let him finish it. He
> would have gotten it to paint & decal anyway. I think it's going to be a
> nice cars.
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> I only know of two others attempted. One looked nice on a layout I went
> to in some tour,. maybe in St Louis. The other the builder gave up on and
> told me he asked for his money back. "For my money," it is not
> unbuildable, but one should consider the deck height before CAing
> everything together.
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> Tom Hawley -- Lansing Michigan
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