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Post by nsc39d8 on Aug 2, 2019 8:05:09 GMT -8
Yes, I did replace the ends with resin cast parts. The car was cut down to the sides. I reused the Accurail under frame. I am not sure but I used either a Cannon or Moloco roof. I put the clinic on my RPM groups on Groups IO here: groups.io/g/RPMclinics-JamesWallThe clinic is in the files section. |
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Post by csx3305 on Aug 2, 2019 9:44:02 GMT -8
Southern 5029 CF boxcar using the Accurail Exterior post car.  Did you replace the ends on this car? Would love to read more about how you did this. Thanks! I’m not his spokesman, but it looks to my eyes like early PS sine wave ends made from what is most likely Branchline Berwick shells. I have a couple of waffle side cars in the works with these ends, using the Intermountain 5277 sides and strip styrene waffle depressions. EDIT: never mind, I see he replied already. I will leave my post here, as “a second way to skin the cat”. |
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Post by sd40dash2 on Oct 8, 2024 18:50:21 GMT -8
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Post by Judge Doom on Oct 10, 2024 13:55:28 GMT -8
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Post by riogrande on Oct 10, 2024 17:15:32 GMT -8
Whoa, long time no see judge!
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Post by hudsonyard on Oct 10, 2024 18:44:45 GMT -8
A lot of love for Acuurail around these parts. The goal of my car fleet is a reliable, in era, representative fleet. Probably a quarter of my operations fleet cars are Accurail kits, i'm of the firm belief that with some weathering they blend in with many more detailed cars in a train. There's a nice sense of satisfaction you get from a simple kit, IM or Tangent wheels and KD #158s and it will run as long as you need it to. Last winter I weathered these two RDG 55T hoppers:   |
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Post by sd40dash2 on Oct 10, 2024 19:38:23 GMT -8
Excellent point, I will spray on some decontaminant, thanks for the suggestion! |
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Post by marknycfan on Oct 11, 2024 12:15:40 GMT -8
Is that on the stock car only and why, what does that represent? |
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Post by hudsonyard on Oct 11, 2024 14:27:30 GMT -8
I finished this 50' superior door car earlier, it got the standard treatment of #158s and weathered trucks/wheelsets. Full weathering will happen...eventually. I decided to model one side with the door open. If you look in the background closely you see a 40' steel reefer that will be the next car built up.  |
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Post by sd40dash2 on Oct 11, 2024 14:33:12 GMT -8
^ I would sure love to see the underframes on these completed projects as you go along.  |
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Post by hudsonyard on Oct 11, 2024 17:16:33 GMT -8
^ I would sure love to see the underframes on these completed projects as you go along. Just the factory details. The 40' cars have that nice brake rigging piece. |
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Post by valenciajim2 on Oct 15, 2024 18:01:05 GMT -8
Here is an ATSF box car that is part of the Accurail fleet that I built a couple of years ago. This car was modeled with an open door.  |
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Post by Judge Doom on Oct 19, 2024 13:02:00 GMT -8
Is that on the stock car only and why, what does that represent? CP sprayed lime in/on their stock cars as a disinfectant, which was a white colour. Because of this, CP just painted the lower 2/3rds of their stock car sides white so the staining would just blend in with the paint and look normal. This wasn't done on some stock cars converted from boxcars (that had wooden slats added in cut-out windows), thus the white patterns from lime disinfectant sprayed on/in the car sides are more noticeable: freight.railfan.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=cp278191&o=cprail |
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Post by wagnersteve on Oct 19, 2024 16:39:00 GMT -8
10/19/24, about 8:37 p.m., EDT
Judge Doom, I believe that Canadian National also sprayed the lower part of its wood-sided stockers white.
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Post by nsc39d8 on Oct 20, 2024 6:23:43 GMT -8
I’m not his spokesman, but it looks to my eyes like early PS sine wave ends made from what is most likely Branchline Berwick shells. I have a couple of waffle side cars in the works with these ends, using the Intermountain 5277 sides and strip styrene waffle depressions.
EDIT: never mind, I see he replied already. I will leave my post here, as “a second way to skin the cat”.[/quote]
Sorry for the late reply, those ends are from the Wright Trak waffle boxcar. The Wright Trak and Exactrail/Scaltrains are two operate prototypes owned by Southern, both cars are correct!
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Post by valenciajim2 on Oct 20, 2024 9:55:12 GMT -8
Micro-Trains recently released a series of limited run factory weathered Accurail cars. I first read about them in RMC a few months ago. I purchased a couple of cars. They are not inexpensive at $50/car plus S&H, but they certainly are different. ![]()  Both sides of the car are identical. I built the car body as is with no modifications, but I had to weather the trucks and wheels. I added 36" metal wheels, Kadee couplers and I added weight to meets NMRA specifications. I have to admit, I have more fun weathering models myself, but this is an interesting car that will attract attention on my layout. |
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Post by Judge Doom on Oct 23, 2024 0:26:40 GMT -8
10/19/24, about 8:37 p.m., EDT Judge Doom, I believe that Canadian National also sprayed the lower part of its wood-sided stockers white. CN did paint the lower 2/3rd of their stock cars white in earlier days (most evident on their old Fowler boxcars), but abandoned the practice at some point (1950's perhaps) and just painted the entire cars brown/boxcar red. |
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Post by valenciajim2 on Nov 4, 2024 17:00:45 GMT -8
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Post by sd40dash2 on Nov 4, 2024 17:22:23 GMT -8
Hi Dave, thanks very much for your posts in the thread. I appreciate you doing this but am wondering if you might also consider sharing some photos of the underbodies for future projects? We always see the roof, sides and ends in various stock photos but not always the underframe. It doesn't matter what level of work you do underneath, I just like seeing whatever it is & this could provide angles not normally seen.
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