Detailed Blue Box Boxcar?

[doctorwayne]

Even though those cars are from Intermountain, the plastic grabs are probably too thick. If you follow the procedure which I outlined a couple of posts earlier, you'll find that it removes the worry of breaking those delicate plastic parts.
While Intermountain and Red Caboose offer some otherwise nicely rendered kits (and r-t-r), all the ones which I've seen suffer from this same malady. Just because they're capable of creating exquisite die work for the body and underframe doesn't mean that the same technique is the best choice for grab irons and sill steps and I routinely replace these items with metal parts. If I were paying full price for such kits, I'd be less than pleased.








Wayne