New gondola from the GVRR shops
#1
My origunal intention with this car was to be a "How I did it" posting,but once I got started I forgot to take pictures half of the time.Anyway Here is a shory photo essay on what I did.Fiest pic is of a TYCO flatcar like the one I started with.

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The sides of the car were cut from a plastic for sale sign bought at Wal-Mart.

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The ends top chords and verticle supports were all made from Evergreen Plastics strip ans siding stock.

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Brake gear ,stirrups,and crossovers are from a Accurail boxcar detail set.The ladders are Con-Cor boxcar ladders.

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Last pic is a profile shot to show how it all comes together.

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Further information,wheels are Proto 2000 metal wheels,couplers are KaDee #5s.At this point in time I have nothing but time inversted in a project that gives me a modern 50' gondola.Colour and road name are yet to be decided. Eek
Johnathan (Catt) Edwards
"The Ol Furrball"

"I'm old school,I still believe in respect"
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#2
Catt,

That is great work, like the material used(I used cardstock(from a cereal box) and balsa wood to do a flat and a freelanced hopper in S gauge. Do not forget to update with a pic of painted model. Nice to see that scratch building and kitbashing is still alive and well.
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#3
Great looking gon Catt, what scale is it?
Mike

Sent from my pocket calculator using two tin cans and a string
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#4
" Great looking gon Catt, what scale is it? "

The car is HO scale.I thought I had some HO gondolas but I can't find them.Now I have something to look for at our next show.I want a 65' mill gon.this one is a 50' general purpose.If nothing else I will find a couple more flat cars to make one. :mrgreen:
Johnathan (Catt) Edwards
"The Ol Furrball"

"I'm old school,I still believe in respect"
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#5
Great work Catt! It's nice to see nice cars made out of almost nothing. I like your end details with platform.

Matt
Proudly modelling Quebec Railway Light & Power Company since 1997.

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#6
Well the old saying goes "If it weren't for bad luck I would have no luck at all. The gon has been painted for over a month.I finally took time to snap a picture and discovered that I have managed to break two stirrups :o

Oh well here's a pic anyway.

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I hope Accurail still sells their boxcar parts sprues.
Johnathan (Catt) Edwards
"The Ol Furrball"

"I'm old school,I still believe in respect"
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#7
Wow Catt! That's terrific! Thumbsup
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