unusual models for sale on ebay
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ed_mines
looks like someone had a pencil sharpener
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Ed,
To quote the instructions "Taper tank ends, using a dime store pencil sharpener. Use care to taper all equally." Sadly the modeler
took it a bit too far!
That's just one of the challenging aspects of this kit. I'd love to see a high quality helium car (pre- or WWII era) in resin and
I've thought about building a set (they usually travelled in pairs) from styrene and resin (make one "perfect" tank and then cast the 28 or 30 needed).
Regards,
Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL
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Jake Schaible
could be worse....
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Tony Thompson
Bruce Smith wrote: That's just one of the challenging aspects of this kit. I'd love to see a high quality helium car (pre- or WWII era) in resin and I've thought about building a set (they usually travelled in pairs) . . . I think the drawbar-connected pairs were made well after World War II, in fact maybe after 1960. Someone on the list probably knows for sure. Tony Thompson
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Jerry Michels
First wooden Ambroid kit of this model I have seen assembled! Jerry Michels
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Bill Parks
I've seen one or to of the helium cars in completed state, and when done properly, they are a great looking car - not sure I would want to take on that challenge though.
As far as the NYC/Conrail hopper, I'm speechless, and would be interested to hear the opinions of some NYC experts. -- Bill Parks Cumming, GA Modelling the Seaboard Airline in Central Florida
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Here’s the Ambroid USN Helium tank car, done as per instructions, little or nothing extra done to it. I got the model assembled, at a flea market. Overall, a pretty decent effort. Mostly it just need a ton of Archer rivets ... the prototype’s whole frame was riveted together, quite prominently. The tapered tank ends don’t quite line up, but they don’t look too bad either. And NO, I’m not going to take it apart to correct this minor issue!
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Interestingly, a number of these cars survive at the SpaceX launch complex in Florida, off their trucks, and used as staionary helium storage. Dan Mitchell ==========
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Steve SANDIFER
Ah, the Lionel 3 tube model. Can you imagine unloading helium this way?
J. Stephen Sandifer
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Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 12:49 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] unusual models for sale on ebay
could be worse....
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Kenneth Montero
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Since tariff making was a pain and since tariffs were based on 'carloads'... just making the "car" out of two cars must have made sense to the accounting department. And possibly it made a difference to work rules too (like 44 ton locomotives vs 45 ton locomotives). I don't know of any cars paired before the 1960's. The SP had such cars (e.g. F-140-1).
On 12/28/2020 3:10 PM, Tony Thompson wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Steve SANDIFER
There were 241 Helium cars built in 8 series. First were 3 big tubes, them 28 small tubes, then the last 6 sets had 30 tubes. The articulated cars date from around 1985. Models of the 3 tube were done poorly by Lionel. The 28 tube version was a wooden model by Sterling and Universal. The 30 tube version was done by Ambroid, Northeastern, AHM, and Pecos River Brass, but none really capture it. I had hoped that resin kits would be available. If any manufacturer out there wants help, I have crawled all over one of the cars here in Houston and shot detailed photos of everything I could find. I included a tape measure in many of the photos. Santa Fe modelers need some. Cars are preserved in Houston, Amarillo, Flagstaff, and at Edwards AFB and Cape Canaveral, possibly elsewhere.
J. Stephen Sandifer
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Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 2:11 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] unusual models for sale on ebay
Bruce Smith wrote:
I think the drawbar-connected pairs were made well after World War II, in fact maybe after 1960. Someone on the list probably knows for sure.
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My Dad built dozens of Ambroid, Quality Craft and other craftsman kits of that era - which he later sold at train meets in Texas in the late 1980's. They were all expertly built and I sometimes wonder if they're still in collections down there... I know the helium and poultry cars were among them as was that weird NYC (?) wood gondola with sides that slanted inwards...
On 12/28/2020 5:57 PM, Kenneth Montero wrote:
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Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts
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Richard Townsend
What impressed me the most was the creative application of the panels on the hopper. Very imaginative. Richard Townsend
Lincoln City, OR
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Ken O'Brien
There is a 3D printed version in HO and N scales from one vendor. Here's the link: https://www.shapeways.com/product/LW9LLSR2D/helium-acf-with-roof-support?optionId=64168446&li=shops
It's not cheap.
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Tom Madden
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 04:12 PM, Ken O'Brien wrote:
There is a 3D printed version in HO and N scales from one vendor. Here's the link: https://www.shapeways.com/product/LW9LLSR2D/helium-acf-with-roof-support?optionId=64168446&li=shopsIf I interpret the "Success Rate" correctly, the next one sold will be the first. Also the car looks to be available only in HO - there's a helium container available in both HO and N. Tom Madden
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Tony Thompson
There is a 3D printed version in HO and N scales from one vendor. Here's the link: https://www.shapeways.com/product/LW9LLSR2D/helium-acf-with-roof-support?optionId=64168446&li=shopsIf I interpret the "Success Rate" correctly, the next one sold will be the first. Also the car looks to be available only in HO - there's a helium container available in both HO and N. Note also that the image shown is a "digital preview," not a photo. Tony Thompson
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Jim and Barbara van Gaasbeek
Given that it is accurate, and one buys one, how does one paint the tinerior surfaces uniformly?
Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA
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Note that this is the 4th generation, AC&F 1955 car. In addition to the price, concern that it has never been printed, and somewhat rough, attached details, it is not appropriate for those of us modeling an earlier era.
Regards,
Bruce Smith
Auburn, AL
From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Ken O'Brien <kobrien1600@...>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 5:12 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] unusual models for sale on ebay There is a 3D printed version in HO and N scales from one vendor. Here's the link:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/LW9LLSR2D/helium-acf-with-roof-support?optionId=64168446&li=shops
It's not cheap.
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Garth Groff posted a link to the shapeways helium car in post # 153917 on 11/29/17. Looked at it back then, price was lower, and I was hoping someone would comment on the quality of the print. If as Tom says, none have been produced, wow. 3d printing of the components as a starting point may be the way to go for those that have enough info on these cars and the drive to produce a kit. But a one piece printed car, that I would have to see first.. Dan Smith
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Jeffrey White
Dan, I just finished a 3D printed kit of an Illinois Central 500
Series Cistern (auxiliary tender). It wasn't a bad kit. I posted
a review on MRH, I didn't post it here because it's not a freight
car. The detail quality was as good as any resin kit I've built,
the only things I didn't like is there were diagonal marks on the
sides of the car from the printing process. I didn't try to sand
them out because I was afraid they would go all the way through
the print and the steps were very brittle and easy to break. I think 3D printing an entire car is probably the future for specialty cars that there isn't a huge market for. I don't think 3D printing will replace resin or plastic kits. Jeff White Alma IL
On 12/28/2020 7:13 PM, Dan Smith wrote:
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