Thank you Tom. The steamer started life as a Southwind brass UP Consolidation, with an Overland USRA tender. I attached and rearranged some brass to make it resemble Monon #281.
The boxcar is a standard Pacific Rail Shops kit. I just painted the door the correct shade of red, and painted the red under the door, which had been left off of the original production. You’re about right on the date: I say late 1940’s so that I can include the 2-8-0 (gone in 1946) and the RS-3’s (early 1950’s)! I’m not sure the paint schemes are right on the “foreign” diesels, but it’s only a hobby, right? Roger From: Thomas Baker Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Seniority Rights ________________________________________ Roger, Great work for sure! It looks so real. Couple of questions: 1. That Pacific looks like a Mononfied Am Pacific, but is it? 2. The NYC Pacemaker box car puzzles me. At first I thought it was one of the early AM offerings, but a closer look says otherwise. If it had been an AM box, the ends would have looked different, and the roof would have had diagonal panels. Yes, and the doors would have been the typical AM doors. I thought it could have been an old Perma-Bilt car, but the Perma-Bilt kits came with an inaccurate stamped roof. Guess you could have changed that, of course. Anyway, what is the origin of that NYC box car? That scene puts me back in, say, 1949? Tom
