I think Ron did the GN cars after I gave him my car builders cyclopedia as a down payment on an FP 7 at an early Cleveland convention when he introduced the loco to everyone. The Cyclopedia had all the Empire Builder car plans in it.
We did not nit pick those cars to pieces when they came out John Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: adguytrains To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 4:13 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Dome Cars Dome car modelers & fans... Since we always seem to lapse back into a discussion about the prototypical l "correctness" of the American Models dome car on this list, I thought I'd provide the below websites and a quick comment or two of what I have researched on these cars over the years. As we have previously stated, the AM dome cars were "modeled" after the NP and GN BUDD domes (virtually identical cars on the exterior). Those two BUDD car designs were unique to themselves and the Empire Builder and North Coast Limited trains. Only Ron knows why he chose to model the Empire Builder train set. Ignoring all of the previously discussed errors/compromises in the AM cars, the domes themselves are too small in two important ways; 1. They are 6" (approximately) too short in height (tall), and 2. They are not wide enough. BUDD domes were all 28" high and either 15'-6" or 16'-2" long. Yep, there were two different sizes of BUDD domes. All, however, were full-width, meaning the domes extended right out to the flat edge of the car side. THAT is the most glaring error with the dome, not the missed height. I highly recommend that anyone interested in dome cars visit these two websites. www.vistadome.com/vistadome has a vast photo array of nearly any dome car you might wish to see. www.trainweb.com/web_lurker offers a fine discussion of each RR/train that had domes in the US/Canada. John Kuehl has done a really good job of both illustrating and describing the differences between BUDD, P/S & home-built domes. Again, there is a wealth of data, car names and photos of standard domes, 3/4 domes and full length domes. There are even interior photos showing the differences between BUDD and P/S cars. Enjoy! Bob Hogan __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6470 (20110916) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6470 (20110916) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com [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/
