Re: Wright Trak M53/M53A
Jim
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Unfortunately there is no single ladder -- I have photos that show 6 and 7 rung ladders on the sides, and 5, 6, and 7 rung ladders on the ends. They all appear to be the same width but the rung spacing differs. The original cars appear to have 7 rung ladders on the sides and 7 rung ladders on the ends -- that's probably the configuration most modelers want. The 8th and 9th "rungs" above the 7th on the sides appear to be grabirons. I don't think there is a commercial ladder with the correct rung spacing so the best solution (IMO) is a set of etched brass ladders. Unless someone can suggest commercial 8-rung or 9-rung ladders which approximate the rung spacing of the B&O ladders. I don't think you would need to make "dimples". The standoff posts (or whatever they're called) may have different locations for different ladders. Tim O'Connor
At 11/4/2009 04:14 PM Wednesday, you wrote:
Tim,
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