Post by sbhunterca on Dec 15, 2015 14:44:02 GMT -5
Just a quick note to say I've released Eastern Road Models' latest HO kit, a Canadian National Railways GS Gondola.
This series of 250 cars were built by the Eastern Car Company in 1915 for the Canadian Government Railways, #100277- 100526, soon becoming the newly fomed Canadian National Railways' #100277- 100526. Between 1938 and 1942, 245 of these cars were rebuilt to become CN's #124750-124999.
The kits represent these cars as rebuilt, with AB air brakes. It would be a simple matter to replace the kit's brake cylinder with a combined K brake cylinder/ reservoir/ triple valve and add a vertical handbrake to backdate the car.
The kits include a 1/16" space under the inner floor, allowing the modeller to include a lead or steel weight which will bring the car up to the NMRA recommended weight- unlike the tremendously heavy Ulrich metal cars or the featherweight Detail Associates kits of the past .
It appears only one car from this series survives, CN #124882 at Exporail.
The kit representing the entire series, as rebuilt, is here:
www.shapeways.com/product/YXRAHD8AT/cnr-general-service-gondola-ho-scale-124750-124999?li=shop-results&optionId=58658995
The kit representing 124882, with added end bracing, but without the extensive body damage that likely ended the car's career, is here:
www.shapeways.com/product/6X72TEBAD/cnr-general-service-gondola-ho-scale-124882?li=shop-results&optionId=58658992
Both kits are available in FUD or FXD acrylic. They will be released in S and O within a few days, and further classes of CNR GS gondolas- both steel and composite variations of various lengths- are planned.
Steve Hunter
This series of 250 cars were built by the Eastern Car Company in 1915 for the Canadian Government Railways, #100277- 100526, soon becoming the newly fomed Canadian National Railways' #100277- 100526. Between 1938 and 1942, 245 of these cars were rebuilt to become CN's #124750-124999.
The kits represent these cars as rebuilt, with AB air brakes. It would be a simple matter to replace the kit's brake cylinder with a combined K brake cylinder/ reservoir/ triple valve and add a vertical handbrake to backdate the car.
The kits include a 1/16" space under the inner floor, allowing the modeller to include a lead or steel weight which will bring the car up to the NMRA recommended weight- unlike the tremendously heavy Ulrich metal cars or the featherweight Detail Associates kits of the past .
It appears only one car from this series survives, CN #124882 at Exporail.
The kit representing the entire series, as rebuilt, is here:
www.shapeways.com/product/YXRAHD8AT/cnr-general-service-gondola-ho-scale-124750-124999?li=shop-results&optionId=58658995
The kit representing 124882, with added end bracing, but without the extensive body damage that likely ended the car's career, is here:
www.shapeways.com/product/6X72TEBAD/cnr-general-service-gondola-ho-scale-124882?li=shop-results&optionId=58658992
Both kits are available in FUD or FXD acrylic. They will be released in S and O within a few days, and further classes of CNR GS gondolas- both steel and composite variations of various lengths- are planned.
Steve Hunter
