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cars that sell; plus tank car bashing, etc.
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Gatwood, Elden <Elden.Gatwood@...>
Richard;
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Thank you very much for looking that up for me. I do not have those CBCs. It certainly gives pause for thought about the bashing possibilities, doesn't it? BTW, I have a partially-completed bash of an Athearn 3-dome tank done that is based on a STC 3-dome car pictured in an issue of MM. I hacked out a portion of each end, re-did the tank bands, and am contemplating what to do next, like replacing or just modifying the dome access platform, and potentially re-doing the dome appliances. The basic car looks a lot like a GATC product, but is not. Was STC absorbed into GATC? The model looks like it might pass muster. Although I cannot tell who owned the real car most recently, it sure looks like GATX, based on the lettering style. Would anyone care to speculate? Next, as lousy as it is, the Athearn tank car frame may also be suitable for bashing into something more closely resembling the GATC pre-war frame. Has anyone done one of these that met their satisfaction? Finally, there are those AHM tank cars that resemble the 105A300W of the mid-50's that AC&F did. Has anyone upgraded one of these to a level they are happy with? Have a great day, all. Elden Gatwood
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From: STMFC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STMFC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Hendrickson Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:18 PM To: STMFC@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [STMFC] Re: cars that sell; was BLI vs. Walthers express reefers On Sep 21, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Gatwood, Elden wrote: .... does anyone have either the outside dimensions to one of the Typedome diameter are?Except for dome diameter, these dimensions are given in the 1931 and 1937 Car Builders' Cyclopedias: U/F length 36'8-1/2", width 9'3", 8K gal. tank 78" ID X 31'3-1/4" IL, 10K gal. tank 87-1/2" ID X 30'9-1/4" IL. FWIW, tank dimensions were identical with AC&F Type 27 and U/F dimensions were quite close. Richard Hendrickson Yahoo! Groups Links
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Richard Hendrickson
On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:42 AM, Gatwood, Elden wrote:
...as lousy as it is, the Athearn tank car frame may also be suitableI did an article for RMJ several years ago (August, 1996?) on kitbashing an Athearn single dome tank car model (which scales out to about 12,500 gals.) by shortening both tank and underframe to the dimensions of a 10K gal. GATC Type 30, along with increasing the dome height and adding considerable detail. I thought the model turned out pretty well. Look up the article and see for yourself. Richard Hendrickson
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Richard wrote
...as lousy as it is, the Athearn tank car frame may also be suitableI did an article for RMJ several years ago (August, 1996?) on Two models actually. One 12,500 gal (SP) and one 10,000 gal (GATX). Pages 14-21. SP also had 50 (fifty) 8,000 gal GATC cars, class O-50-14. Probably more than anyone else, now that I think of it! ;-)
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Jason Hill
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OK, ok, you got me to stop lurking. 8-) I believe that several of members of the La Mesa MRRC in San Diego have done a few of the 6-dome AHM wine cars and they have turned out quite well. I've also been enjoying kitbashing various tankcars into other prototypes. One of my most recent projects was scratch building a huge dome for CLDX 1008 per a photo from the historic society in Trona, CA. Hopefully I'll get around to taking and posting some photos on my website. Jason Hill www.geocities.com/hilljason
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Anthony Thompson <thompson@...>
Jason Hill wrote:
OK, ok, you got me to stop lurking. 8-) I believe that several ofIn what way? The car is immensely wrong in dimensions and does not even resemble, let alone match, any prototype. Adding wire grabs to a monstrosity won't hide the monstrosity. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail, thompson@signaturepress.com Publishers of books on railroad history
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