01-09-2010, 09:26 PM
Thanks Ralph. Both of the prototype copies were kitbashes. The GMRC car started out as a Walther's track cleaner car. I cut the roof out, then built new ribbed sides and ends, attached them to the roof, and then put the chassis back in. The ATG car started life as an Athearn, same deal as above, although I cut the roof and ends away from the sides, then added scratchbuilt ribbed sides to it.
As I look at the photos, I can see all sorts of discrepancies between the prototype and the models, but that's okay. I wasn't shooting for an exact match.
Another thing, on my monitor, the cars are an HO scale 80 feet long. About twice the size as actual.... so some of the "not so great" looking spots actually look okay when viewing the actual model.
Again, thanks to everyone for the compliments!
As I look at the photos, I can see all sorts of discrepancies between the prototype and the models, but that's okay. I wasn't shooting for an exact match.
Another thing, on my monitor, the cars are an HO scale 80 feet long. About twice the size as actual.... so some of the "not so great" looking spots actually look okay when viewing the actual model.
Again, thanks to everyone for the compliments!
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