Improving a Life-Like boxcar

[sailormatlac]

If anyone is interested the photos of US outline layouts at the Perth show yesterday are here <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/73468-us-layouts-at-perth-scotland-in-2013/">http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index. ... d-in-2013/</a><!-- m -->

Nice work, always wondered why more modelers in the UK and Europe model North American prototypes then North American modelers do of UK and other foreign prototypes? I have 2 DVDs with Bob Simeys(most likely I have it spelled wrong) but they are very entertaining and some of the layouts and modules are very impressive. One day I will buy some O gauge equipment from ACE trains or ETS also has some nice O stuff.

Each time I went to Europe, I was thrilled by the passenger system, but the freight trains are quite a let down. Nothing is near the North American rugged and mighty look of freight trains. I remember reading a rail engineering railroading magazine back in Belgium in 2005 and it compared North America to Europe. Lots of gabarit restriction because of old bridges and tunnels plague their network and doesn't make it possible to haul larger cars. Most UK freight modellers work with old stuff rather than modern era. Well, it's my own biased take on this scheme.

@Catt/Wayne: Yep, improving these kind of cheap cars is one fulfilling area of this hobby.

Matt