Large Scale Central

Coach build

Modeling
#81

Terry,
a few more years of LGB of A and we would all have scale length 1/22.5 cars, albeit Colorado prototype. Barry Bogs shipped sample cars to San Diego only months before the collapse in 2006 of the parent company. The rest is history.

I believe that a manufacturer would be biting off more than he could chew by releasing a fleet of White Pass cars as there are so many prototypes to make and in reality 1/22.5 scale is not as popular as previously. One would need to then choose the period to model/manufacture as cars varied over the years up to the current tourist railroad of today. One upside would be some of the cars could be marketed for other railroads, such as Sumpter Valley. World War 2 did wonders for the White Pass and would make an interesting period to model.

With the Colorado roads, one could make a generic coach and combine and market many cars. for the White Pass the number of individual cars is very long. Refer web link -

http://www.whitepassfan.net/whitepass/rollingstock/passengercars/index.html

#82

Tim:

Just wanted to tell you how much I admire your work! You are definitely an expert at plastic fabrication and the modification of relatively inexpensive plastic cars to be really accurate models. Fine workmanship!

Rodney, All:

SPC Caboose #47 is at the Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources’ (SPCRR) Railroad Museum at Ardenwood Historic Farm Regional Park in Fremont, California. I believe it is currently under cover, but the SPCRR’s new car barn is nearly complete. These priceless historic relics will be afforded protection and be able to be worked on in a shop environment rather than the great outdoors. A great step forward for the preservation of early narrow gauge artifacts.

See:

http://www.spcrr.org/index.htm

–and–

http://www.spcrr.org/index.htm

Happy RRing,

Jerry

#83
Jerry Bowers said:
Tim:

Just wanted to tell you how much I admire your work! You are definitely an expert at plastic fabrication and the modification of relatively inexpensive plastic cars to be really accurate models. Fine workmanship!

Rodney, All:

SPC Caboose #47 is at the Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources’ (SPCRR) Railroad Museum at Ardenwood Historic Farm Regional Park in Fremont, California. I believe it is currently under cover, but the SPCRR’s new car barn is nearly complete. These priceless historic relics will be afforded protection and be able to be worked on in a shop environment rather than the great outdoors. A great step forward for the preservation of early narrow gauge artifacts.

See:

http://www.spcrr.org/index.htm

–and–

http://www.spcrr.org/index.htm

Happy RRing,

Jerry


What are you pointing to, Jerry? The index is the index.

#84

Jerry, many thanks. Progress on Southern Pacific #1/#400 (ex SPC #47). Interior has been compromised as I used basically the standard combine interior with an added stove in the baggage area. I know SPC #47 had longitudinal bench seats, but do not know the interior when added to the Southern Pacific roster.

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#85
Steve Featherkile said:
Jerry Bowers said:
Tim:

Just wanted to tell you how much I admire your work! You are definitely an expert at plastic fabrication and the modification of relatively inexpensive plastic cars to be really accurate models. Fine workmanship!

Rodney, All:

SPC Caboose #47 is at the Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources’ (SPCRR) Railroad Museum at Ardenwood Historic Farm Regional Park in Fremont, California. I believe it is currently under cover, but the SPCRR’s new car barn is nearly complete. These priceless historic relics will be afforded protection and be able to be worked on in a shop environment rather than the great outdoors. A great step forward for the preservation of early narrow gauge artifacts.

See:

http://www.spcrr.org/index.htm

–and–

http://www.spcrr.org/index.htm

Happy RRing,

Jerry


What are you pointing to, Jerry? The index is the index.

Steve: I meant to point to the Roster page at the SPCRR website, but that didn’t work. Just click on Roster in the side bar and it takes you to pictures of much of the collection. Only a small drawing of Caboose #47 though.

Happy RRing,

Jerry

#86

Another D&RG construction car commenced last week. This is car #0772. It differs from the previously built construction car, #0460, in door placement and interior details.

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#87

Progress on weekend build, SPCRR Southern Pacific #1010 combine. Interesting, cute little car that appealed to me. Alas, the compound curved roof may be a no show at the present time. The car has shallow arched curved roof ends that translate into a higher arched curves in the cabin area for headroom. I have devised several methods to accomplish this but as yet see little merit in the effort involved. Car started life as a coach and was later converted to a combine. It spent most of its life as a trackside dwelling. Original car had Carter style trucks and link/pin couplers.

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#88

An unashamed plug for an eBay dealer, Al Kramer (eBay ana.kramer) who has supplied me Bachmann car bodies for a long time for my bashes. At present, he has baggage and coach kits, minus handrails and trucks for $6.95 each. Combine kits are $12.95. This is the complete kit minus handrails and trucks. I purchase the kits as a completed body may require several kit bodies/underframes/roof mouldings to complete. Definately a cost effective way to secure a supply of bodies to bash.

#89

Maine narrow gauge this time. Project yesterday and today is Wiscasset, Watervale and Farmington waycar #302. Based on the body of a Bachmann centre cupola caboose plus a few leftover pieces from previous bashes. Trussrods and brake wheel/shaft to fit. Has a ‘possible’ interior based on other waycars.

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#90

Tim,
Again, simply amazing.
I’m almost tempted to send you some old Bachmann coaches I have stashed around here somewhere, just to see what you can do with them.

#91

John,
I find the stock Bachmann mouldings to be vory versatile. One just needs to see what they may be cut up into to make something completely different. The centre cupola caboose body is very adapable to other models, plus its interior can be used as well.

#92

Wow, you’re really knocking these out quick! And they look great!

#93

Ray,
I find that I work better in sporadic bursts lasting several months. I then take a few months off and do not even think about modelling. I like to build to an almost completed stage (less paint), so that I can come back later and do the finicky finishing bits (we are just now closing in on the winter months, so will have time then for the fiddly bits). I cannot concentrate on just one project at a time as I get bored quite quickly with the same model, day after day and would lose interest in it. By spreading my interest around, I get results.

#94

Nothing but fanciful nonsense. Made from all my leftover Bachmann centre cupola caboose parts, plus a combine door and two leftover coach roof ends. Size and window placement were dictated by available parts. Roof inspired by the Rio Grande water service car, but possible use is a logging camp dining car. I really had no need for such a car, but simply used the available pieces like a jigsaw until I achieved a shape.

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#95

Not bad for puzzle work Tim. :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :wink: