Is it possible to put the link here? I went to S-scale groups, photos,
looked for 'coalsmoker...' and couldn't find it. Possibly the link was
in one of the first emails that I missed?
thanks - I would like to see this car.
Rance Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway)
On 9/25/2012 03:20, coalsmoker2194 wrote:
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] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>,
"Bud Rindfleisch" <BlackDiamondRR@...> wrote:
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> --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>,
"coalsmoker2194" <coalsmoker2194@> wrote:
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> 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
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> > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>,
"coalsmoker2194" <coalsmoker2194@> wrote:
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> > > 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.
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