02-07-2021, 01:56 PM
Some neat stuff on the way.
This is probably the first kit boxcar I've built in a few years, a branchline Berwick 50' Boxcar. I might need to renumber it, since the car seems to better resemble a slightly older St. Lawrence NRUC car, but otherwise it looks good.
I also got a bunch of shapeways parts. I have picked up some floors for my Silverliner II models. They look pretty good. The texture for the floors is kinda grainy, but its not the end of the world. There is quite a bit of free-standing conduit detail which is neat. I always appreciate when the underbodies have all the "parts" and not just flat generic stand ins.
I also picked up some "roof humps" for my Phase II Metroliners. It would be beyond my skill level to totally convert the proto models to their "rebuilt" forms, but the roof humps, when painted, will probably be good enough. It appears as though the "train phone" antennas are separate parts on the part diagram, so I might see if I can't pop these out from the inside. When they rebuilt the metroliners, they put the antennas on a raised flat mount, so thankfully, I will not really need to drill into body shells to mount it flush.
If I ever found a fatally busted Proto Metroliner shell, i might consider cutting it up and using parts of the carbody to make the "patches" over the side intake vents, which were filled in on the rebuilt cars. The remaining major differences were in the floors and I don't have enough information to do that.
This is probably the first kit boxcar I've built in a few years, a branchline Berwick 50' Boxcar. I might need to renumber it, since the car seems to better resemble a slightly older St. Lawrence NRUC car, but otherwise it looks good.
I also got a bunch of shapeways parts. I have picked up some floors for my Silverliner II models. They look pretty good. The texture for the floors is kinda grainy, but its not the end of the world. There is quite a bit of free-standing conduit detail which is neat. I always appreciate when the underbodies have all the "parts" and not just flat generic stand ins.
I also picked up some "roof humps" for my Phase II Metroliners. It would be beyond my skill level to totally convert the proto models to their "rebuilt" forms, but the roof humps, when painted, will probably be good enough. It appears as though the "train phone" antennas are separate parts on the part diagram, so I might see if I can't pop these out from the inside. When they rebuilt the metroliners, they put the antennas on a raised flat mount, so thankfully, I will not really need to drill into body shells to mount it flush.
If I ever found a fatally busted Proto Metroliner shell, i might consider cutting it up and using parts of the carbody to make the "patches" over the side intake vents, which were filled in on the rebuilt cars. The remaining major differences were in the floors and I don't have enough information to do that.
Modeling New Jersey Under the Wire 1978-1979.
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