CapeCodSteam
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 | | 02/24/2008 9:04 PM |
| Tony, at the moment, there aren't any cars released for the S2. There are builders working on a variety of cars. And this being Oscar night, I'm not gonna name names, cause I'd hate to forget someone. I have some info on my computer at work, which I'll be back to on Tuesday. I'm sure between now and then, someone might post something. And in the meantime, you can take a look at some of the Aristocraft heavy weights. they'll need repainting, Stan could make decals. Take a look at the site. You could further drop the car, bringing it more in scale.
And I'm sure there are craftspeople out there working on true Empire Builder cars. Be patient, the S2 isn't here yet. Build it, and they (cars) will come.
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John McGuyer
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| | 02/24/2008 11:07 PM |
| On the Uniack cars, I have both the composite and steel drop bottom gondolas and the beet gondola, the B50-14 40 foot single sheath box car, the 50 foot single sheath automotive box car and the 38 foot stock car, the build of which was recently in the model building forum. All of these are planned as future kits from Ozark.
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Charles
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| | 02/25/2008 3:39 AM |
| Tony
I posted this prior in the other thread:
S2 was passenger engine along with high speed mail train, here is a good reference link:
http://www.gnflyer.com/1924original.html | |
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Charles
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CapeCodSteam
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| | 02/26/2008 10:38 AM |
| John,
Was that the stock car with all those hundreds of brass detail parts? That was a wonderful car. And they are gonna be avail in 1:32?
Kent SA# 4468 LNER Mallard | |
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John McGuyer
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| | 02/27/2008 10:49 AM |
| Yes the stock car is 1/32. I have Ozark's first shot of the 1/32 drop bottom gondola and it looks very good. Dave is right now trying to get the kit together.
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Dr Rivet
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| | 02/27/2008 9:47 PM |
| John
Are there any "ball park" estimates of the kit prices?
I just found the boxes for my American Standard Car Co Resin/wood Pullman kits from the 1990s ==> $337.50 in 15 year old money, probably $450 now.
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John McGuyer
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| | 02/28/2008 10:13 PM |
| It's not up to me, but my guess would be somewhere between $100.00 and $150.00.
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Charles
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| | 02/29/2008 6:16 AM |
| In a related post on Aster S2 rolling stock, Pete Comley is in the process of producting heavyweights for the GN Northern:
| We don't know the price yet as the amount of labor has not been calculated. I'm very aware of the price escalation of cars over the last few years and so am aiming for Jim's price range. Whether we can achieve that I don't know. A decent train will have 6-10 cars, so the price of a consist can be daunting. Pete. |
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yardtrain
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| | 10/03/2008 8:57 AM |
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40’ Reefer Car, MDT Lackawanna Railroad, Metal Sided,
6 Car Set (#12115, #12127, #12134, #12146, #12153, #12167)
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Does anyone know if these are released yet? Also would it work well with MTH Engines and Rolling Stock? If I read things correctly they do not come with couplers. Are there any photos available? John | | | |
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GaugeOneLines
Ottawa Canada
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| | 10/03/2008 11:53 AM |
| They will come with Accucraft's fully working coupler (compatible with Kaydee820s ) and will sit beautifully with your MTH stuff as they are the same scale. As regards delivery, don't expect to see them before the Spring of 2009, which could translate to July/Aug! No photos yet.
David M-K Ottawa
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GNSteamer
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| | 10/04/2008 1:16 PM |
| | If you read my post in "Model Building" I am in the process of acquiring a laser or contracting a laser cutter. I am developing a model of the early Barney & Smith and Pullman Standard passenger cars that the Great Northern used for their Oriental Limited run. These were wood sheathed cars that represent the equipment used in the early 1900's until eventually being re-sheathed with steel sides in the 30's. I am using information published by the Great Northern Historic Society. These early cars were intermixed with later more modern steel clad heavyweight cars on the Great Northern International and Empire Builder routes. I've had a Great Northern 25' and 30' wood sheathed caboose all ready for production with layouts for many other railroads in line, but lost my source of laser cutting. I've also developed a AAR livestock car and am looking for someone to do the metal casting for the latches, air tanks and the like. | | | |
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