As usual Jim,
Nice work. Like the "British-America", <VBG>
Don MacDougall
UK
--- In [email protected], "lne1957" <schallj@...> wrote:
>
> I have posted a couple of fotos of Flyer cars that I have up 'scaled'. I have
> doctored evrything but the streamline cars. I typically grind off the truck
> mounting bosses or replace the floors to get the proper truck to end of car
> spacing. I make up my own truck bolsters from .060 x .25 styrene strip.
>
> The tank car is a Flyer three dome, most of the walk boards were removed with
> new strene replacements and Grandt line brake wheel, and brake details added.
> The gon is pretty straight forward. I removed the internal bracing, sanded
> off the end detail and replaced it with new styrene pieces, and addded
> preformed grabs all around. The caboose is a model of several Lehigh and New
> England cabs built prior to their purchasing the classic Reading cabs (with
> virtually the same dimensions). I started by throwing away the floor and
> sanding off all side detail and replacing the siding with scribbed styrene,
> new end rail and Taurus ladders complete the mods. The combine was a junker I
> bought for $15 including trucks. I made the cosmetic repairs necessary added
> some roof detail and new steps. I used the original trucks but changed out
> the wheels on the Flyer axels to scale. The lettering is some rub on
> lettering for the combine but the other cars use CDS transfers.
>
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