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decals
Larry Smith
I'm building boxcars for the two narrow gauge railroads that the PRR owned. I'm having difficulty in locating decals with a capy of 60000 lbs. Most of the decals are for at least 100000 or in the case of the narrow gauge cars 40000. Help
Larry Smith.
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Re: decals
Eric Hansmann
Larry,
Is there a numeral 4 you can steal from elsewhere on the sheet? The car weight might be the same size character as the CAPY line.
I’ve done this quite a few times to add a proper weigh date before my 1926 focus. I’ve also inverted the number 9 to make a 6.
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Larry Smith
I'm building boxcars for the two narrow gauge railroads that the PRR owned. I'm having difficulty in locating decals with a capy of 60000 lbs. Most of the decals are for at least 100000 or in the case of the narrow gauge cars 40000. Help
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Re: decals
Thomas Evans
Larry - You might have to steal some lettering from early (1880's-1890's) standard-gauge sets.
Clover House (dry transfers) & the new k4_pacific decal line on ebay come to mind. Unfortunately, I don't think either of these has seen fit to make appropriate dimensional data only sheets. Tom
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Bill Welch
Fritz, the ends were cast in resin for me by Dr. Dave Campbell, I suggest looking for his "Yuma Car & Foundry" store on Shapeways for printed version.
Bill Welch
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Jon Miller
On 8/28/2019 9:09 AM, Bill Welch
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Yuma Car & Foundry "Yuma Car & Foundry store" 14K
Results. A few too many to weed through:-D -- Jon Miller For me time stopped in 1941 Digitrax Chief/Zephyr systems, SPROG, JMRI User NMRA Life member #2623 Member SFRH&MS
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Re: decals
Joseph
On a somewhat related note- I am searching for generic boxcar data to apply to the Central of Minnesota boxcars I spread around to the layouts upon which I operate. I have used up my extras on the sunshine, weather field and the like sheets. Any suggestions? Thx Joe Binish New Hope MN
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 10:58 AM Thomas Evans via Groups.Io <tomkevans=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: Larry - You might have to steal some lettering from early (1880's-1890's) standard-gauge sets.
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Re: decals
Paul Doggett
Microscale do quite a few with general data on.
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On 28 Aug 2019, at 17:40, Joseph <Mstl852@...> wrote:
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Re: decals
Larry,
In addition to showing that CAPY of 60,000, make sure that the LD LMT and LT Wt add up to 103,000 ;) Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Benjamin Hom
Jon Miller wrote: "'Yuma Car & Foundry store' 14K Results. A few too many to weed through." Be smarter than the app. Filter your search by "Shops". This gives you 91 hits, with Yuma Car & Foundry as the top one. Ben Hom
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
S. Busch
Here is the Shapeways / Yuma Car & Foundry link listing for the Murphy vertical rib boxcar ends:
I have bought two pair of these for use in building a Pere Marquette 85000 series car, and I think they are VERY nice, indeed.
Regards –
Steve Busch Duncan, SC
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Re: decals
I believe the old Walthers freight car data sheet decals had 60000 printed on them. Not sure the font, size and style will work but I probably have some if you want them Fenton
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 10:29 AM Larry Smith <wooddale@...> wrote: I'm building boxcars for the two narrow gauge railroads that the PRR owned. I'm having difficulty in locating decals with a capy of 60000 lbs. Most of the decals are for at least 100000 or in the case of the narrow gauge cars 40000. Help --
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Re: decals
Eric Hansmann
IIRC, Ld Limit was not a required stencil until 1925-26. The Wt stencil signified light weight but was not presented as Lt Wt until the about same time period.
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I’m not certain how the OR&W and W&W rolling stock were stenciled wife weigh data. I need to unearth my books from storage. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
On Aug 28, 2019, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Smith <@smithbf> wrote:
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Fritz Milhaupt
Thanks guys! I've ordered a few sets.
-Fritz Milhaupt Pere Marquette Historical Society
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Donald B. Valentine
Nice to see those ends become available but I'd be a lot more interested in seeing the Yuma Car & Foundry Seaboard Airline CLass B-3 boxcar offered in HO that they offer in TT and S gauge. Cordially, Don Valentine
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Chicagoland RPM and operating session
Ted Schnepf
Hello Everyone, The 26th Chicago RPM is coming up 10/24 through the 26th. Hard to believe this show has been going for 26 years and started when the term "RPM" was unknown. I will again host an operating session on Sunday morning, Oct 27 from 9 AM to 1 PM. No experience necessary. Advance reservations encouraged at railsunl@.... Come feel the heft of O scale, 2 rail trains. During the past year more track has been laid and several new buildings scratch built. The city of Dubuque has seen major changes. Progress continues on many fronts, including adding more freight cars. Ted Schnepf 126 Will Scarlet, Elgin, Ill. 60120 847=697-5353
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Curt Fortenberry
FYI just in case, but Great Decals has decals for these cars: https://www.greatdecals.com/ scroll down to about mid page. Curt Fortenberry PS: I did the artwork and he printed them.
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Curt Fortenberry
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Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build: Part Two—Adding Some Details
Bill Welch
With the basic superstructure assembled The Boys have started adding details. If you have looked at photos of my various models you will know I am obsessive about Sill Steps: They must be as close to the prototype being modeled as possible. The corner must be square, not rounded (unless it is a Mather stock car or boxcar). If the are angled out on the real thing, they must be angled on the model. On the P&N model they are very similar if not identical to the bottom mounted sill steps used on both types of USRA wood sheathed cars and their aspect ratio is more-or-less square and they are angled out from the side sill. I use .010 x .030 strip styrene to make their attachment flange using a longish piece that gives me a handle making it easier to get them into place. A rivet harvested from an Athearn boxcar serves as an attachment bolt head. To reshape the A-Line brass parts I anneal them in a flame and straighten out flat. Because this is a very common looking step, I have a couple of notches filed in the pliers I use to bend them so the part is placed in the same place when I bend it and they all turn out the same width.I had already glued “L” shaped pieces of styrene to the Accurail underframes draft gear to make Buffers. After these cured I trimmed each piece to match the width of the draft gear and rounded their corners. To make the triangular ribs I glued four lengths of .010 x .030 strip. Again these are longish pieces that will get trimmed after they have cured. Then I used my close cutting sprue nippers to cut them to shape. The largish bolt heads are the rivets found on the Dreadnaught end of the Athearn boxcar where the two sections of the ends are joined. With everything in place I flooded the surface w/liquid Testors glue to melt the structure so that would appear to be a casting. For the rivets on the two Gussets Plates and the Batten Strips I did my usual “rivet harvest” from the ancient “Blue Box” Athearn box car. Testors is the perfect glue for this task because it does not flame off immediately so I can put down a dot of glue, pick up a rivet with my spit loaded dulled Testors hobby knife and place it on the tiny dot of glue. Once these have dried, I try to flick them off with my dulled knife. If I fail, I am successful in placing them.
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build: Part Two—Adding Some Details
Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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Hi Bill and List Members,
Thanks Bill for the write-up. I always learn
something new from your posts to the list.
Claus Schlund
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Re: Piedmont & Northern 1101 Styrene and Resin Build Part One
Donald B. Valentine
Thanks for that photo Curt. I never cease to be amazed of the great freight car photos that turn up on this list. This one is a real surprise. But look at the end of the next car to the right. I can't believe the reporting marks are NYC because the first letter is hidden, the second looks more like a "W" but the third certainly is a "C". The number appears to be #8008 whch again tels me it is not an NYC car. But the end itself is a prize! There are two sections with five ribs each on the bottom, then a section with only two ribs surmounted by a final section with five ribs. The car is obviously taller than the P&N car which my July 1959 ORER tells me had a maximum height if 13 ft. 9 in. for the running board. Guess the brake wheel didn't count! The ORER also tells me that there were 15 cars of this type still present at that time and lists the ten numbers that were vacant. I presume this indicates thet there were 25 cars purchased second hand sometime in the late 1940's or very early 1950's as the road had no boxcars for a period after WW II. Two neat cars but I'd love to know what the other is and would not be surprised to find it is an auto car. Cordially, Don Valentine
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