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Post by jp68 on May 10, 2015 19:42:55 GMT -5
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Post by dale on May 11, 2015 6:19:35 GMT -5
Neato! I've wanted to build one of those, but I didn't know if one should stretch the atlas car or shorten & narrow the Walthers car.
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Post by simulatortrain on May 11, 2015 7:22:27 GMT -5
Wow, very impressive! That goes for the scenery as well. Does somebody make those trucks, or did you modify some commercial ones?
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Post by jp68 on May 11, 2015 12:04:52 GMT -5
Thanks Dale! Since the Atlas cars are metal, I opted to go the Walthers route, as I'm much better with plastics than I am with metals. Sectioning the car was rather easy. After I got through with the build and halfway into weathering, I saw some of these for sale on Shapeways.com!
Thanks Adam, much appreciated! Glad you like the scenery. I handmade the pines a few years back, and all the other trees are Super Trees with a mix of WS ground foam and Scenic Express Super Leaves added for variety. The trucks are from Kadee. These came with semi scale wheels.
If you all like, I'll post up some build pics if I can get Photobucket to cooperate.
JP
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Post by dale on May 11, 2015 21:29:43 GMT -5
I would like to see that, I did try these back in the 90s when they came out but I just removed the stake pockets & didn't narrow the car or remove grabs,didn't come out good.
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Post by tamaman on May 12, 2015 9:38:33 GMT -5
Nice build and great weathering!
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Post by PVRR 2647 on May 12, 2015 19:11:08 GMT -5
Where's the model? All I see are prototype photos. ;-)
PVRR2647
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Post by icghogger on May 13, 2015 8:07:03 GMT -5
Excellent Work, JP, I could smell the pine sap as soon as I clicked on your tab!!
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Post by jp68 on May 13, 2015 22:59:39 GMT -5
Thanks everyone, you guys are too kind. I'll get some build pics up soon.
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Post by simulatortrain on May 14, 2015 14:52:15 GMT -5
Was the original shape of side sill on these the same as the Atlas cars?
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Post by jp68 on May 15, 2015 4:13:26 GMT -5
No, the Walthers car I started with had just a fishbelly design. I filed it down and added the curvatures.
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Post by simulatortrain on May 15, 2015 7:10:25 GMT -5
Oh no, I mean the prototype. I haven't been able to find an older picture. It looks like it was damaged/modified at some point, unless it just had a really weird shape to begin with.
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Post by jp68 on May 15, 2015 12:35:28 GMT -5
The proto cars came like that, at least from what I've been able to find in my research. Yahoo Groups was a helpful place to find pictures and information.
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Post by simulatortrain on May 15, 2015 17:37:17 GMT -5
Interesting, thanks.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 20:10:09 GMT -5
Heavy Metal Thunder! Nice work JP!
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Post by jp68 on May 16, 2015 3:35:28 GMT -5
Thanks bro!
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