Hi Bob; Well, with the the Grandt Line, Tichy or Archer rivet material now available it should be a lot easier to build a composite car, especially one without pressed steel components like ribbed ends or roof. That said, I haven't yet scratch built such a car, so which one of us will be first?
You might also be interested in the SSA 40' "Fowler" single sheathed car that is coming. I saw sample castings in January at the Amherst show, and they were really nice. D&RGW prototype, probably usable for C&NW and a few others as well... Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 6/12/12, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: Pieter, Someplace in one of my photo/junk boxes are some snapshots of some outside braced boxcars but with wooden ends with fairly large angle bracing--perhaps similar to the old Kinsman. Unfortunately the photos were shot with a camera won at a carnival game, so it was terrible camera and the images were likewise, with only a few actually making it to print. I had hoped that our friends at SHS would have eventually exchanged that end as well as, a true Z shape for the bracing. However that type construction might also have been ideal with the PRS approach of adding 'layers' of detail. I'm not really bitching 'cause with 3 or 4 of those SS cars plus my ribbed sided boxcars, I can make an authentic length branchline train that I used to see everyday. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx On 6/12/12 10:39 AM, Pieter Roos wrote: For those still interested, here is the primary image I used in detailing the MILW car - it is in an earlier lettering scheme than the SHS car. http://www.steamerafreightcars.com/gallery/boxauto/milw703425main.html Attached is an end shot of my model. Pieter E. Roos
