Upgrading MDC/Roundhouse boxcars

[sailormatlac]

Wayne,

Here's a comparison between a Train Miniature alternate design and Roundhouse ARA recommanded design (once modified). MDC car is slightly higher (as I said, it fit perfectly ATSF BX-11/12 cars that had a few inches more than the ARA design). They are also larger by a few inches because oof the tooling they used. Probably I'll make the cars that had no dreadnaught end to the correct wide and trim the underframe a little bit.



For the ATSF raised roof car, I decided to keep th ends attached to the roof and relocated the shortened sides lower. It makes the roof stand at 12" inches above the original car, just like the prototype. Ends won't be an exact replica, but at least, I'll save a lot of work that isn't that much rewarding in the end. This will be a straight forward kitbashing compared to the Rock Island car.



Matt