I need to know what color the lettering was on the CGW 40-ft. plug door boxcars so I can have decals made for the ones I want to do. Some individuals say the lettering was yellow, some say orange. Anybody know for sure, or have a prototype photo?
Bob Nicholson ____________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Thomas Baker <bakert@...> wrote: > > Bob, > > I checked my CGW freight and passenger equipment book. You're right: The CGW > had five of the cars you refer to, numbers 381-385. A model wouild look good > painted in the CGW maroon and yellow lettering. The problem is the ends were > the PS-1 type ends or fairly close in appearance to them and the welded body. > I guess the AM box could work as a stand-in. What is LBR? > > Tom > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of > shabbona_rr [user141771@...] > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} FNF - 01/28/12 > > The day started with cleaning up left over switching chores at Humongous Corn > Products, then a little more work on the 4th SHRB plug door boxcar. > > Next, I was rummaging around in my decal stash and came across another set of > LBR decals for a SHABBONA 800-Class boxcar, which is a standard AF/Ace boxcar > conversion. This will be car #825. In my traditional "ten minutes before I > needed it" mode, I recently traded off my last AF/Ace boxcar shell, so if > anybody has a pristine example they will part with, talk to me. > > Also, I found a set of dry transfers for a Buffalo Creek (BCK) boxcar. > However, all BCK boxcars were 10'6" cars with 7-foot doors. Now, those who > know me know I'm not a "rivet counter", as such, but I do like to be within > the realm of accuracy wherever possible. I see Kaslo and PRS both offer 10'6" > 40-ft. boxcars, so now I'm on the prowl for one of those. Bud Rindfleish has > graciously offered to provide the 7-ft. doors. > > The BCK project is a little ways down the road. I began the process of > acquiring the Chicago Great Western decals from LBR for my renditions of two > of CGW's five plug door boxcars. Beyond that, I still want to do some Rock > Island boxcars, and maybe another Wabash or two and fortify the presence of > those roads on SHABBONA. > > I learned that Wabash shipped Studebakers in outside braced wood boxcars, and > there is a forty-foot specimen on display in nearby Montrose, so a model of > that is a virtual "must have" for the house/team track at Mooar Yard. I would > like to build one from a wood kit (are those still available anywhere - I > wonder if I have one stashed away somewhere?), if possible. > > > Over and Out > > Bob Nicholson __________________________________________ > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > ------------------------------------ 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/
