I have started working on a new single sheathed boxcar similar to Colorado Central # 24. It is basically a scratch build starting with some of Phil Dippel's parts. I am currently fabricating the lower door rail from old hacksaw blades.
I have started working on a new single sheathed boxcar similar to Colorado Central # 24. It is basically a scratch build starting with some of Phil Dippel's parts. I am currently fabricating the lower door rail from old hacksaw blades.
Nice looking car!! Its kinda coincidental, but , I too recently recycled some old hack saw blades for my water tower project (and yes, I did grind off the teeth!). Keep up the great work. -Kevin.
No, Marty, I'm not done yet. I cannot work as quickly as you. I am using mostly basswood, some from Phil's narrow gauge, I cut the hacksaw blade with a dremel tool and belt sander, and Don, I cannot make it to the meeting on Saturday.
Good looking car. May I ask what scale you are working in? Also can you provide a little info about the coach that is in the photo to the right of the box car?
I am working in 1:20.3 scale. The car to the right is a partially finished Colorado Central coach from a Doug Bronson kit at Bronson-Tate. Doug's kits are absolutely great.
The car is now more or less finished. It is too long, the queenposts are too tall, and it has the wrong brake wheel, among other things for rivit counters, but I think it turned out fairly well for a quick build.
The car is now more or less finished. It is too long, the queenposts are too tall, and it has the wrong brake wheel, among other things for rivit counters, but I think it turned out fairly well for a quick build.
I just finished a Kansas Central boxcar, since my railroad links the Colorado Central to the Kansas Central in my slight rewriting of history. Yes, there really was a 3' gauge railroad in Kansas.
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