doctorwayne's New Years Resolution Challenge...

[sailormatlac]

WoW...Wayne...You're overloading my circuits....!!! I can't even begin to contemplate doing anything like this to a car.... :oops:
I'm afraid any attempt at doing this would end up as scattered pieces at the foot of the wall I'd thrown it against....

I've got a B'mann gondola I picked up on Evil Bay. I might try doing away with the steps and grab irons which look horrible on the original...But that's about it...

Hey! Don't ever speak ill of Bachmann 40' gondola... You could be surprised!



@Wayne: Interesting prototype, just made a quick search about the Southern 36' Boxcar... quite an hybrid animal. At first, I thought the center sill was very thick, like a fishbelly, but they are rather thin. Now I understand why you will build them in three sections.

My problem is that I have more shell than underframes and want to keep them for truss-rod varieties. I guess my best bet is to scratchbuild a new underframe from styrene. The funny thing about QRL&P is that their entire boxcar fleet by 1957 was much more modest than the Southern's, a mere 20 x 36' boxcars divided in to 10-car classes. I'll probably be able to build them all if I'm minded enough, and all painted a flashy red-orange.

Matt