01-13-2022, 04:35 PM
Twenty years ago, the sight of a CNR 40' boxcar in Green Leaf livery brought back memories from my childhood and I was hooked back to HO modeling. At that time I bought every CNR boxcar Athearn manufactured in BB kit. With time passing and experience I discovered that those cars had a lot be desired and looked for better kits. Finding a good basic kit for the 1937 AAR boxcar design is not easy though and finding one at 60$ us is not an option for me.
I had kitbashed an Athearn BB kit not so long ago for a freelanced road and I thought I could use another kit to model a CNR 40' boxcar.
The idea transformed itself into a project when I visited Exporail, the Canadian Train Museum in St-Constant, Quebec and saw a prototype of the car manufactured in 1939. Here are some photos.
The Athearn BB kit for the 40' boxcar is pretty close to the 1937 AAR boxcar design and I thought that, with some modifications, I could get a nice model. No intent here to get a perfect model of the prototype but something good enough.
I had a good candidate on hand and I was able to begin the journey.
If interested, follow me.
I had kitbashed an Athearn BB kit not so long ago for a freelanced road and I thought I could use another kit to model a CNR 40' boxcar.
The idea transformed itself into a project when I visited Exporail, the Canadian Train Museum in St-Constant, Quebec and saw a prototype of the car manufactured in 1939. Here are some photos.
The Athearn BB kit for the 40' boxcar is pretty close to the 1937 AAR boxcar design and I thought that, with some modifications, I could get a nice model. No intent here to get a perfect model of the prototype but something good enough.
I had a good candidate on hand and I was able to begin the journey.
If interested, follow me.
Guy from Southern Quebec.