GN 79012
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Tony Thompson
Pretty nice gondola, Rich! Excellent work on the scratchbuilding.
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Rich
I've seen photos of two other cars, weather beaten but still in this paint scheme, and neither one has the reflective dots. From the note in the Four Ways West GN freight cars book, the cars had Stucki roller bearings and Buckeye ride control trucks (at least, cast by Buckeye - they look like ASF ride control design to me) On 1/31/2023 3:45 PM, Richard Remiarz wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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Richard Remiarz
Tim,
I used Walther’s roller bearing trucks. I sanded down the details on the ends of the roller bearings. Then I sharpened the end of a brass tube and used it and a hobby knife to shape the ends of the roller bearings to look like roller bearing cap covers.
Rich Remiarz
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From: Tim O'Connor
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:25 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] GN 79012
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Richard Remiarz
Tim,
The ends are extra ends from a Proto 2000 52’ gondola kit. There were two different ends in the kits, so over the years I have collected some extras. The ends had to be cut down to size and some of the riblets filed off.
Thanks for sending the photo. Early photos of these cars are scarce. The only builders’ photo I had of the sides of the car was of 79000, which had the older lettering scheme. I have builders photos of the ends of both 79000 and 79016.
The third law of prototype modeling has once again occurred. Once you make a decision based on the best information you have and move forward, the information you were looking for will show up. The earlier paint scheme had reflective dots on each post. I also added these to my model of 79012. The photos you shared on 79016 doesn’t have the dots. I suppose at some point I will paint over the reflective dots.
Rich Remiarz
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From: Tim O'Connor
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:25 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] GN 79012
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Very nicely done! How did you make the dreadnaught ends? Whose trucks did you use? ASF A-3 70 ton trucks with roller bearing cap covers. Attached photo is a scan from the GN annual stockholder's report for 1955.
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts |
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This time with photos, I thought that I was the only one who did that. ;>) Very well done, a good looking gon Fenton On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 10:32 AM Richard Remiarz <rremiarz@...> wrote:
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Paul Doggett
Rich
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That’s excellent. Paul Doggett. England 🏴 On 31 Jan 2023, at 15:32, Richard Remiarz <rremiarz@...> wrote:
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Richard Remiarz
From: Richard Remiarz
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 9:25 AM To: realstmfc@groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] GN 79012
Greetings,
Attached are a couple of photos of GN 79012, a 65’ mill gondola. The prototype was finished in January 1956 and had the new slanted lettering on mineral red paint.
The model is scratch built. The sides, flanges for the ribs, floors, ends and bolsters were cut with a laser cutter (along with the lever for the hand brake). The welded design of the prototype minimized the number of Archer rivets I had to use.
Sincerely, Rich Remiarz Vadnais Heights, MN
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Richard Remiarz
Greetings,
Attached are a couple of photos of GN 79012, a 65’ mill gondola. The prototype was finished in January 1956 and had the new slanted lettering on mineral red paint.
The model is scratch built. The sides, flanges for the ribs, floors, ends and bolsters were cut with a laser cutter (along with the lever for the hand brake). The welded design of the prototype minimized the number of Archer rivets I had to use.
Sincerely, Rich Remiarz Vadnais Heights, MN
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