I have a few assembled "box o sticks cars on SHABBONA. The double door Santa Fe box car is in revenue service and gets shoved into Humongous in order. One thing I did on these cars was fortify the underframes with a 1/4" x .030" brass strip running lengthwise to mount the couplers on. None have ever failed.
boB Nicholson ________________________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote: > > Hi guys -- > > For those of us of a certain age (old), the old kits have the distinctive > smell of the hobby shops of our youth. I have two kits that I use as > reminders â" open the box, take a sniff and enjoy the hobby (no, there is no > glue in the box!)... > > I do have old kits because I DO intend to build them. The one I don't have > and would like to have is a pickle vat car, so that will be a scratch > project. The old kits I build generally are not built with all the > original wood. A bit of research, sometimes requiring surgery to get the > correct height or length, and some plastic or other appropriate materials > not available when the kit was manufactured are added to make a more > accurate model. > > Have fun! > Bill Winans > ---------------------------- > ....if a kit is 40+ years old and is still a box of sticks why is the new > owner "going to be the one" to make it into a car? ....Is anyone here buying > them? > > > Why? > > Bill Lane > ------------------------------------ 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/
