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Post by jp68 on Jun 24, 2014 15:19:37 GMT -5
This started life as a Walthers Greenville chip hopper. All the molded on ladders, grab irons, sill steps, and other hideous molded on pieces were replaced. The brake end was reworked, with a new airtank, control valve, piston, piston mount, control valve mount ect. Brake levers were added, as well as brake rods. The low brake was changed to a high brake complete with Kadee brake wheel and Plano brake platform. The load was made from foam board, carved, painted and covered with sawdust. I have several build pics I can post as well.               |
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Post by icghogger on Jun 24, 2014 16:05:32 GMT -5
SWEEEEET!! (now, if I only had a dime for every one I had to climb to let off the hand brake.....)
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Post by jp68 on Jun 24, 2014 17:36:14 GMT -5
Yea tell me about it. I've climbed up and down my share of high brakes, and it sucks! Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.
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Post by simulatortrain on Jun 25, 2014 14:47:00 GMT -5
Looks nice! How hard is it to replace the grabs?
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Post by jp68 on Jun 25, 2014 15:34:29 GMT -5
Thanks! It's not too difficult, just time consuming. I actually cut off all the corner posts and made new ones from styrene(wish I'd used brass), then drilled a million holes for the grab irons and rivet castings. A lot of work but it makes a huge difference compared to how these cars look out of the box.
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Post by jmlaboda on Jun 25, 2014 22:50:00 GMT -5
Really nice (even with the CSX reporting mark)!!!
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Post by tamaman on Jun 26, 2014 9:39:58 GMT -5
Nice work!
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Post by jp68 on Jun 26, 2014 12:19:02 GMT -5
Jerry, Kevin, thank you both!
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Post by cyeargin on Jul 20, 2014 20:00:04 GMT -5
VERY nice work! I know I'm late to this thread, but I would love to see the build pictures you mentioned; I have a couple of these in the closet that I would like to upgrade, and would love to see how you did it.
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Post by fordy744 on Aug 7, 2014 10:54:18 GMT -5
WOW, that looks superb! great effects on the sides.
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Post by 1fatrussian on Sept 22, 2014 1:10:43 GMT -5
Saw the high brake and I cringed, nothing sucks more than spending a long day (or night) on a train to get to where you're going and you have to tie multiple brakes and you stumble across one of those and pause for a few moments and curse the guy that designed them.
Nice car by the way.
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Post by railfansd40t2 on Sept 29, 2014 17:55:58 GMT -5
This is really a great looking piece of rolling stock.
Oh yes I would be cussing the guy that decided that was the best place to put the brakes on each and every one of them.
Super job I love the diorama and photos too
Paulie
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