Large Scale Central

Standard Reefer Building in the WV&K Shops

Modeling
#1

So the same basic frame is the basis of many cars, this time the shop forces are building a reefer…

In this case subwalls of 1/4"; plywood were added to the frame…

I hand scribed the carsiding in .040 styrene for the sides and ends, with a little bit of wood for some bits, at this point a boxcar and a reefer are exacctly the same…

Fascia boards and lower door sills added…

One of the parts I really don;t like doing is trussrods…but the jigs I’ve made make it a little easier…

Roof and door hinges added…

#2

Today saw me add roof details, roofwalk brackets, roofwalks, hatch paltforms and the platform castings themselves…what did I do before casting???

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/reefer05.jpg)

#3

I dunno…its not quite as heavy as an AMS Boxcar…Those suckers are heavy…

#4

How did you scribe the .040" styrene? Did you make a jig or use a straight edge as a guide?

Looking sweet!

I build my cars with .080" styrene walls and .060" roofs…They get HEAVY!

#5

I used a piece of luan thickness to mark the spaces then I used a square and the edge of the bench to scrib lines with a scribing tool from Micro Mark, sounds tedious I know, but its not the worst thing I ever had to do…

#6

Bart Salmons said:

I used a piece of luan thickness to mark the spaces then I used a square and the edge of the bench to scrib lines with a scribing tool from Micro Mark, sounds tedious I know, but its not the worst thing I ever had to do…

Well, after building a 7/8th’s Shay from the cylinders up, and then downsizing it so it fits on peoples railroads, this oughta be a piece of cake…:wink:

#7

And now its off to the paintshop!

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/reefer08.jpg)

#8

Did someone say paint???

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/reefer10.jpg)

and decals???

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/reefer11.jpg)

Just need to paint the roofwalk to look like bare wood and give it a splash of weathering juice…

#9

Bart that is an excellant build. The way you have broken it down makes it so easy to follow for anyone wanting th make them

Do you do anything in the way of weatherproofing the ply?

#10

Nope…just the styrene sheathing and the paint…I’m not hardcore enough to enjoy running in the rain, but they’ll survive a raindrop or three or an accident with the garden hose…

#11

And now…after 40 years of being cut into steam powered coal trains…it don’t look so orange no more…

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/bart_salmons/_forumfiles/reefer12.jpg)

#12

Nice weathering job Bart. Now to knock down the sheen.

#13

Yeah usually the weatheirng wash does that…thats some shiny paint…

#14

When I built my boxcars a few years ago, did something similar only I used Baltic Birch plywood and actually scored the wood.

(http://i846.photobucket.com/albums/ab29/trainman57/DSCN1480.jpg)

Seemed to work just fine and one less step.

Ron