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B&O M-58 Auto Car - Chad Boas MiniKit
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Bob Chapman
First -- a thanks to Fenton Wells for the original inspiration, and to Charlie Duckworth whose how-to tutorial was a big help in jump-starting the project here.
The model is Chad's MiniKit roof/ends/parts, a BL 50' DD boxcar, and a Plano 50' Morton runningboard.
I mostly followed Charlie's instructions, with a few exceptions. Charlie indicated that his resin roof was short vs. the carbody plus the resin ends, and added strips to the ends of the roof as a correction. I had the same situation, but went the other way, sanding the backs of the ends to thin them enough to fit under the roof.
Fun project -- and thanks, guys, for the help,
Bob Chapman
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Great job Bob, I especially like the painting and finishing., very nice Fenton On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 3:19 PM Bob Chapman <chapbob4014@...> wrote:
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Bob. I just finished my M-58 last week; I added upper and lower door stops, A Line Stirrup's and a Details West Equipco Brake wheel and housing. I had to scratch build the Duryea Under frame because it was missing from the kit. I am currently waiting for a warm day to paint it. Hard to find B&O Oxide Red in Scale coat II lately. I would like to do Chad's M-59 but I cannot find any 40' Double Door AAR Boxcar kits without ends. Will Keep looking. Very nice model BTW.
Eric Thur |
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golden1014
Looks terrific, Bob. Love the in-service shot. I've been working on my M-58 for five or six months. I wanted to add a lot of the rivets missing off the side sills, and had a hard time motivating myself to put them on. I finally finished that and sandblasted my car this week. Paint next.
What do you have lined up next? John Golden |
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Paul Doggett
Eric You made a great job of that and the weathering looks really good as well. Paul Doggett. England 🏴 On 22 Nov 2022, at 02:15, erict1361@... wrote:
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Bob
Great looking build! -- Charlie Duckworth Omaha, Ne. |
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Eric Thur
Paul,
Thanks for the shout out, mate, but my model is at present, un-painted. It was Bob Chapman who posted the very nicely finished M-58 model. BTW, it was Fenton Wells who was the inspiration for this project and recommending this "Kit Bash" as a Group Build for our 2022 RPM Carolinas Meet, a few months ago. I can personally thank Fenton for his help answering my questions and providing me with information to help speed the build process. Eric Thur |
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Thanks Eric, Bob et al, I do enjoy kitbashing, the models look great thanks for sharing Fenton On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 12:09 PM <erict1361@...> wrote: Paul, --
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