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Clark Propst
This is a Speedwitch kit. I had to skim the instructions to see how to make the ladders. I don't have the skills anymore, if I ever had them?, for these. I rtied to make the side ladders. They looked like sh*t so I trashed them, never did figure out the end ones. Plan B was Tichy ladders. I drilled the stiles on the end ladders, added the drop grabs, then cut the plastic rungs off. I didn't see the oval shaped decal that goes under the data on the right side and had trouble deciding where the Ann Arbor should go. I did correct that on the other side once I found the oval stencil. On the other side I also screwed up the upper door track placement, which I corrected on the correctly decaled side. Of course on one will be the wiser when operating the layout.
Really like the Speedwitch kits, just a little too much proto fidelity for me...I like the kits where Ted gives you the option of doing his way or slap it together my way ; )) Clark Propst |
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It looks mighty good in spite of the ladders or because of them, or whatever ;>) Stay warm fenton This is a Speedwitch kit. I had to skim the instructions to see how to make the ladders. I don't have the skills anymore, if I ever had them?, for these. I rtied to make the side ladders. They looked like sh*t so I trashed them, never did figure out the end ones. Plan B was Tichy ladders. I drilled the stiles on the end ladders, added the drop grabs, then cut the plastic rungs off. I didn't see the oval shaped decal that goes under the data on the right side and had trouble deciding where the Ann Arbor should go. I did correct that on the other side once I found the oval stencil. On the other side I also screwed up the upper door track placement, which I corrected on the correctly decaled side. Of course on one will be the wiser when operating the layout. |
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Paul Doggett
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Another really fine build Paul Doggett. England 🏴 On 29 Mar 2023, at 20:17, O Fenton Wells <srrfan1401@...> wrote:
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Craig Wilson
Nicely done and a timely post as I have a couple of these "on the bench" right now. I've been scratching my head over the end ladders too. Yours look very credible. I built end ladders for another car using the Tichy ladders and drop grabs so I had been leaning toward doing the same for the Speedwitch cars. The Ann Arbor rostered three different single-sheath boxcars (90000-series USRA cars - the Rapido model / 73500-series 9'0" cars / 74000-series 10'0" cars - the Speedwitch model). The placement of the 14-inch letters for the "ANN ARBOR" roadname was different on each group of cars. The circular emblem you mention is the "paint oval" common to Wabash and AA cars and contained lettering designating where and when the cars were painted. I also noticed that you used the "OW- " reweigh stencil on your model. FYI ... up until the DT&I assumed control of the AA (a couple of years in the future for this list) "DI- " was the station symbol for Owosso (where the AA shop was located). The DT&I changed it to "OW- " so only cars reweighed at the very end of their service lives would have used that stencil. Some cars that were reweighed by the Wabash (at Decatur, Illinois) would have "XD- " and some reweighed at the AA's Toledo terminal would have used "CS- ". A bit of trivia ... this is the prototype for the Speedwitch model:  The last surviving AA 74000-series car that I found in the Cadillac (Michigan) Department of Public Works storage yard. The late Arnt Gerritsen and I obtained permission to go measure and photograph this relic. Arnt made scale drawings which Ted Culotta borrowed for the Speedwitch model. Craig Wilson |
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Mark Kapka
 Nice car. Of course its nice to have one nearby to check on. Mark Kapka Saginaw, Mi
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Clark Propst
This is a Sunshine MP kit I built for a friend that models 65 so this car will be second hand to the DCI. He'll paint and decal the model.
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Craig Wilson
That is one of the AA 41000-series single-sheath boxcars that did not get converted into a 74000-series single door boxcars. According to Rob Adams' article in Railroad Prototype Modeling, Vol 2 (Speedwitch Media), about 2/3 of the cars were converted into single door cars. A couple of these door-and-a-half boxcars survived in MofW service right up to the end of the AA in 1984. Here is one in much better shape in 1967:  Ted Ellis photo at Menominee Michigan, July 1967. Gotta love that Fairmont motor car peeking out through the partially open door! Speedwitch produced resin kits for both the door-and-a-half and the single door cars. Craig Wilson |
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