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[doctorwayne]

I was looking at instruction sheets at the LaBelle site, tho they are for previously made kits, not the current ones. I am not sure the bodies would respond to the method you linked too, have you built one of these kits?

I've never built a LaBelle kit, although I've scratchbuilt a few freight cars and structures using wood - never again, thanks. I much prefer styrene: Faster construction, and much more permanent, too. Any stripwood I had left was hacked into short lengths for scrap dunnage in open freight cars.

The Tichy model is of a 125 tonner, definitely bigger than you'd need for that yard area. It's a well-done kit and can be customised to suit your tastes. I added some sliding doors to mine, along with platforms for fueling:


The boom idler car is an Athearn 40' flatcar, with a scratchbuilt wooden deck, and a styrene shed and tool boxes:


Wayne