Dear Bob, For the rood you could use some of the S Scale Northeastern caboose roof stock... Don
On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:15 AM, shabbona_rr wrote: > 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 > > > >
