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Athearn blue box gon
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Benjamin Hom
Fred Jansz asked: "An OLD friend heard I was into US prototype trains and decided to give me an Athearn blue box 50' gon lettered for Pere Marquette. Is this a car that represents a certain prototype and can be turned into something prototypical by yours truly or is it a candidate for the lower shelves of my closet?" Out of the box, no. However, it can be used for kitbash fodder for certain prototypes. The Cocoa Beach Shake N Take used it as the basis for a series of DT&I gons. Here's a quick sketch by Tony Thompson, and you can find the project materials at the Shake N Take group. This kitbash was inspired by one written up by Richard Hendrickson in Prototype Modeler - I'm having issues with the Model Train Magazine Index on my work computer, but IIRC Richard wrote up other conversions using this model in Prototype Modeler. Ben Hom |
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Fred Jansz
Thank you Ben for the link.
I've downloaded and saved the DT&I Mill gon project pdf by Greg Martin. Nice future project. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz_ctrHrDz4wNDY0YjgyYWItNjY4NC00ZDY2LTg3NjgtZDNkMjg3ZjU5MzU5/view Fred Jansz |
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Tony Thompson
Ben Hom wrote:
Two very nice articles, creating a whole bunch of interesting gondolas. They were in the September-October and the November-December issues of PM in 1982. I built a couple of them myself. Tony Thompson |
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Eric Hansmann
Only the November-December 1982 Prototype Modeler is available on Trainlife at this time. http://magazine.trainlife.com/ptm_1982_11/
The article begins on page 12.
Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN
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main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tony Thompson
Ben Hom wrote:
Two very nice articles, creating a whole bunch of interesting gondolas. They were in the September-October and the November-December issues of PM in 1982. I built a couple of them myself.
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Awesome, thanks! I didn't know Trainlife had come back to life! For a long time it seemed to be unavailable... Tim O' Only the November-December 1982 Prototype Modeler is available on Trainlife at this time. |
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Enzo Fortuna
BUT... seems no way to dowload the pdf and read it off line?
I've not find the way, any trick? Cheers Enzo Fortuna Modeling the friendly Espee in ... Italy |
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Richard Townsend
I searched unsuccessfully for a "print" button myself. But then I just clicked "Control P" and it printed as a pdf. Be aware it is a huge file, well over 100 megs.
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Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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From: Enzo Fortuna <fortuna.enzo@...> To: main <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Sent: Wed, May 16, 2018 8:42 am Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Athearn blue box gon BUT... seems no way to dowload the pdf and read it off line?
I've not find the way, any trick? Cheers Enzo Fortuna Modeling the friendly Espee in ... Italy |
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Robert J Miller CFA
If you are using a Windows PC try using SNIP. You can locate SNIP by clicking on the Windows icon (lower left corner of your Task Bar), then opening “Search”. Start typing “snip” and it should pop up.
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NOTE: I have not tried using SNIP with Train Life myself, but it has worked with other sites. On May 16, 2018, at 6:06 AM, Enzo Fortuna <fortuna.enzo@...> wrote:
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