Group: Thanks for the interest in this car. I really wasn't beating the "I-want-one-so everybody-order one-so-I-can-get-one" drum. Would I like to have one? Definitely! It (they?) would be a great enhancement to the WABASH "presence" on SHABBONA.
This is the type of car that would have been a wood craftsman kit back in the early days, and not all that hard to scratchbuild, either. My purpose in posting the photos was to gage its popularity for the benefit of our commercial enterprises that may be looking for something to produce. I simply don't have the time or energy to engage in a project to bring a model to fruition. However, since the car is virtually in my back yard, I can provide all the photos necessary for such a project for anyone who wishes to take it on. I really wish I could build one from scratch, like we used to do before this Kudzu-like vine of ready-to-run and easy-to-use "plop and play" products suffocated our imagination and ingenuity. Not that I am complaining, because I use the current situation for my advantage to meet my model RR goals, too, but I sometimes wonder, where DID we find the time to "roll our own"? Would I buy a commercial offering of this car? You Bet! Maybe more than one, especially if I could obtain it while I can still take full advantage of the perceived benefits it would offer. Bob Nicholson ____________________________________________ --- In [email protected], JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> wrote: > > > Now that is a prototype I'd buy if Jim King ever produces it--although since > there is apparently already an HO kit on the market(in addition to the O > scale one), that would pretty well kill his major sales incentive. > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > > > > Plans for these cars were in the Nov/Dec 1980 Mainline Modeler, more > > recently modeling the cars from a resin kit in HO was covered by Ted > > Cullota in RMC. > > > > The radial roof is not uncommon in the steam era, but very rare in S! If I > > can help getting these cars made, let me know! > > > > Pieter E. Roos > > > > > > I have just uploaded two photos of > > > the WABASH 40-ft. composite outside braced boxcar at > > > Montrose, IA. According to what I can find out, this car was > > > part of a fleet that hauled new Studebakers from the > > > factory. > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1775582643/pic/1964048061/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc > > > > > > This car is unusual in that it has a radial roof, which is > > > shown in the end photo. It is an unusual car that would be > > > seen in all parts of North America, that is, anywhere people > > > drove Studebakers, and I wondered if there is enough > > > interest for one of our kit manufacturers to consider > > > offering a model. > > > > > > I can supply detail photos, since the car is virtually in my > > > back yard. > > > > > > Bob Nicholson > ------------------------------------ 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/
