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Post by 57603oh on Aug 11, 2013 10:28:33 GMT -5
Just a quick question, yesterday i took one of the old athearn 50' ribbed boxcards and took off all the moulded handrail and door detail and replaced it with wiring. but then the ends I left as i wasn't so fussed about them for this quicky project. It got me thinking though about replacing the ends and a quick google/evilbay search revealed that if I wanted to replace dreadnaught ends to something post 1970 it looked liked no one made the parts, like the corrugated non terminating ends.
Does anyone know if there is such a product?
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Post by spshastaroute on Aug 11, 2013 19:01:45 GMT -5
Quick answer: nobody makes non-terminating ends as a separate part.
In depth: for 1960's cars up until nt ends, Cannon & CO makes really nice wraparound dreadnought style ends that are correct for plate c cars and modifiable to plate b or larger plate f etc. they also produce a bifurcated end which is not as common, but needed. Other mfg's make older style dreadnought ends for transition era and earlier cars. I have scratchbuilt nt ends with styrene strip, either as is, or shaped to a contour. The best way to model a nt end is to find a car with the correct end (sans molded on stuff) and harvest it for a detail part. This can be an expensive proposition! I have a planned build where I will steal the ends from some E&C ACF shells I have to produce the SP b-70-83 (I think) 52-6 ACF boxcar. It would be nice if someone did produce the non-terminating end.
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Post by 57603oh on Aug 12, 2013 16:07:01 GMT -5
Quick answer: nobody makes non-terminating ends as a separate part. In depth: for 1960's cars up until nt ends, Cannon & CO makes really nice wraparound dreadnought style ends that are correct for plate c cars and modifiable to plate b or larger plate f etc. they also produce a bifurcated end which is not as common, but needed. Other mfg's make older style dreadnought ends for transition era and earlier cars. I have scratchbuilt nt ends with styrene strip, either as is, or shaped to a contour. The best way to model a nt end is to find a car with the correct end (sans molded on stuff) and harvest it for a detail part. This can be an expensive proposition! I have a planned build where I will steal the ends from some E&C ACF shells I have to produce the SP b-70-83 (I think) 52-6 ACF boxcar. It would be nice if someone did produce the non-terminating end. I saw those that cannon made, I think the styrene strips are going to be the way ahead for this if I do it again so roll on those train shows so I can find a couple of cheap models to rebuild  I agree with you however on using a complete model just to use for detail parts is expensive, cheaper to do it yourself if you have the time. Thank you for the response! |
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