Earl, I had just started my waffle side when I had to put it up for some reason or another. I did study the instruction and everything to my eye looked feasible for a moderately experienced builder to complete. Any problem with decals would be many times worse if they would have been dry transfers that we were discussing last week.
I once owned two DRG&W SD-40-2's, that came on-board painted and lettered. If your familiar with the lettering--it's the entire side of the engine. Applying decals would be simple except there are numerous latches and other protruding do-dads that would mess them up. The solution this painter used was to unsolder all of them, paint and then letter the engine. After that he reapplied the brass parts with cement or glue of some kind. So it's entirely possible with the differences in depth, two sets for the Southern car might be necessary. Something to look forward to! One additional item, the kit is supplied with a standard Grandt AB brake system while the instructions talk about a more modern system and it's being unavailable. I do have a modern brake system that I purchased from DesPlains. At this moment I can't recall the manufacturer--perhaps Ron can point to that. Bob Werre On 12/18/11 7:53 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I took a look at my Smoky Mountain Model Works Southern waffle-sided > boxcar > last night for the first time. > > I am not much of a builder so any kit will be a challenge to me. I am > impressed with what I perceive to be the most detailed set of > instructions I > have ever seen on such a kit. It is several pages long and has lots of > photos. I tip my hat to Jim King for providing these instructions. > > I am a Southern Railway modeler so I would like to be able to complete > this > kit. But I would like to get some feedback from some of you who may have > completed this car. > > I have had one very skilled model builder who has declined to build this > car for me because of the difficulty of applying the decals over the > waffled > sides. And if it would be a challenge for him, then it might be "mission > impossible" for me. I may try anyway. > > I you have completed one of these kits, including application of > decals, I > would appreciate your feedback. > > - Earl Henry, Nashville > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [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/
