Thanks guys, for the compliments. The car was made from 2 AF baggage cars spliced together, hence the two different body colors. I'll have to dig into my notes for the measurements, but I remember the center section was cut 4 scale feet from the outer edge of the doors. The outer sections were cut long enough to get the proper length of the car. This allowed me to cover the cuts with properly spaced splice plates. The ends were removed, preserving the rivet line at the ends of the car. A portion of the roof ends came off with the ends. New ends were fabbed up with styrene. The roof end was molded with J.B. Kwik epoxy. The end slope of the roof was to gradual, so I made it steeper with the epoxy. The under frame is fabbed out of styrene. B.T.S. supplied the brass parts and trucks. Rivets have not been applied yet, but I have some Archer's to try. I'm going to prime the car, and then apply the rivets, and re-prime, then paint. That will hopefully give the rivets something better to hold on to than the somewhat slippery plastic. Now that the weather is getting colder,I'll try to consolodate my notes, and photo's and try my hand at an article on this project. Once this project is complete, its on to making some PRR GLa's from USRA hoppers.
A side note, the cars I used were PAINTED shells that were stripped. The "molded in color" shells would not stay glued. Maybe some of you know what to use to bond that type of plastic. If you know of something that works, I would like to know. The unpainted shells are easier to find (around here). Bud, The decals for the FP7's are from Micro-Scale. Set # 64-45,Pennsy single stripe diesels, from DPH. The number board numbers are out of an HO champ set. Thanks again, Bob Davis --- In [email protected], "Bud Rindfleisch" <BlackDiamondRR@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "coalsmoker2194" <coalsmoker2194@> wrote: > > > > Bob, Nice work! I see that B60b began life as Am Flyer? Give us a > description of how,what,where, etc. Styrene obviously, how about rivets? > Archer? What decals did you use on the FP-7? > Bud Rindfleisch > > > > Sorry, forgot to sign it, > > > > Bob Davis > > > > --- In [email protected], "coalsmoker2194" <coalsmoker2194@> wrote: > > > > > > Just posted some new photos of a PRR B60 in progress, plus an FP7 from an > > > American Models loco. Don't know how to get them HERE though. They're in > > > the album called Vulgar Pennsy Porn. I'll post more as time allows. > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
