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RTR Resin-is Here now
Andy Carlson
Though N Scale, It appears to that the first
commercial Resin Boxcar is being released. GHQ, a maker of very well done N scale items, has announced production of NP 40' DS Fish Belly underframed 14000 series boxcars in RTR resin. this is to be followed by an NP 90000 wood side reefer sometime later (Early 06 release). Close behind is a Canadian National 8 hatch Reefer in series 209500-209999. these cars are cast from patterns made by Gregory Scott, and are cast in resin for the car body, and cast pewter for the fish belly underframe. Assembly, painting and lettering are done in China. The importance of this, if a new trend, is that the RTR aspect of the hobby is encroaching on the currently 100% Kit territory of resin cars. Not that this is bad, but this shows the hobby's continual evolution. I saw pre-production finished cars in San Diego last week, and they are very well done. (Tony- this is where you reply about "stick a fork. its done"!!!) Though not cheap, at $39.95 per car ($149.95 4/pac), they are a bargain for people desiring good finished cars w/o the work. These cars will be available only directly from GHQ 28100 Woodside Rd Shorewood MN 55331 -Andy Carlson Ojai CA
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Dean Payne <deanpayne@...>
Any photos of these cars, prototype or other scale? Is the reefer
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the same one Funaro and Camerlengo makes in HO? http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/279-5131 At $30 ea. less trucks and couplers, it looks like the N Scale offering is priced right. Funaoro also makes some NP 40' DS boxcars, but with truss rods, in a different # series, so that can't be correct. Perhaps similar in appearance, though. Dean Payne
--- In STMFC@yahoogroups.com, Andy Carlson <midcentury@s...> wrote:
Though N Scale, It appears to that the first
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Benjamin Hom <b.hom@...>
Dean Payne wrote:
"Any photos of these cars [NP 14000 series boxcars], prototype or other scale?" Ted's Steam Era Freight Cars website is still there, you know: http://www.steamfreightcars.com/gallery/boxauto/np14160main.html "Funaro also makes some NP 40' DS boxcars, but with truss rods, in a different # series, so that can't be correct. Perhaps similar in appearance, though." ...in that they're both 40 ft DS boxcars with radial roof with a definite NP "family" appearance, but they are NOT the same car. http://www.steamfreightcars.com/gallery/boxauto/np39731main.html http://www.fandckits/HO/1007.html http://www.fandckits/HO/1008.html The corresponding HO scale kits are the Sunshine 52.x series kits. Ben Hom
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cvsne <mjmcguirk@...>
Link to photos of the GHQ N scale preproduction models:
http://www.railimages.com/gallery/martinmcguirk/aab Marty McGuirk
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