05-23-2014, 10:09 PM
Re: Modern boxcars with working doors?
"You may find some kits with positional doors also.These don't open as such it just means you can attach the doors either open or closed.I have a couple Accurail cars that are that way.I plan someday to see if I can make the doors slide open or shut."
You could do like Branchline BluePrint cars did. The had a piece that glued to the back of the door that have a spacer as thick as the car body with a piece of plastic inside that locked the door into the into the body, but allowed it to slide open and closed. The advantage is no out of scale "claws" to mar the scale appearance.
"You may find some kits with positional doors also.These don't open as such it just means you can attach the doors either open or closed.I have a couple Accurail cars that are that way.I plan someday to see if I can make the doors slide open or shut."
You could do like Branchline BluePrint cars did. The had a piece that glued to the back of the door that have a spacer as thick as the car body with a piece of plastic inside that locked the door into the into the body, but allowed it to slide open and closed. The advantage is no out of scale "claws" to mar the scale appearance.