Since my railroad is mountainous and curvy and requires mostly short line type cars, I decided to build
some 20ft in 20.3 scale boxcars, I am not into precise scaled or trying to make an exact replica of true prototypes.
IMHO most people watch models go by on a track and never pay alot of attention if the handles or queen post are made like the real ones.
They look for 2 seconds and coment “nice” and look al something else.
I would rather obtain 2 more cars, in my building time, as to have them look exactly like the real ones, when most obsevers dont know if they are modeled exactly, or looks like a boxcar going down the track. I dont do the airtank, or airlines for braking.
I am in for speed inorder to get a couple moe cars done.
I do own a laser so my parts are cut on a laser machine,
close up of the queen post, will not be as noticable after painting
body frame all assembled, I use titebond 3 glue and 3/8" headless pins from a Grex pinner