Bud, Yes, mine has a slight bow. Just never tried to correct it. Speaking of a bow inward, check out page 80 in the PRR Freight and Passenger Color guide VOL III of a G26 with a severly bent inward side. I may try to push it in more now.
-- John Henning --- In [email protected], "Bud Rindfleisch" <BlackDiamondRR@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "John E. Henning" <jandph@> wrote: > > > > This is a styrene scratch built car from at least 10 years ago. I got it on > > ebay way back when. It evan has a nice bow to it like it was abused. > > John, I picked up a couple of these too from ebay. On the ones I got the > sides are warped and I'm trying gentle heat and lightly clamping over a > wooden block. However, the one you have is swaybacked. One misconception of > these 65' gons is that of rough loading and consequent damaged sides, etc. > This was far from the case, these were mill gons used for loading of "I" > beams, pipe and other long structural loads. The loads were carefully placed > and secured so as to protect the shipment. Many times these gons had placards > stating "Do Not Hump" for obvious reasons of potential lading damage. > Bud Rindfleisch > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
