PC 60' Thrall Kelloggs Car

[dti406]

This is a Railyard Models 60' Boxcar that Thrall built for Kelloggs and then were leased to the PC. Nice Resin Kit of an unusual prototype. Were later seen in CR and KELX lettering.



Rick

[dmfoamer]

How was this car to build? Want to get a couple for my layout

Frank Lovejoy

[m a y o r 79]

Resin kits aren't that hard to build, they just take a little more time cleaning up parts, and using different glues. If you take your time they make excellent models, like Rick's.

[dti406]

This one is a little harder than the current kit, as the side and ends had to be glued together. The new kits have a one piece body which takes that chore of aligning the ends and sides.

The hardest part of putting together the kit was the short piece of round plastic that goes over the center of the plug door. It is very short and has to be glued with CA as it is plastic and the body is resin. The kit just takes time but it goes together beautifully. And the decals are by rail graphics and they are great.

Rick

[dti406]

I have started on building another PC X79 Boxcar.  These were financed by Kellogs for use in transporting cereal out of Battle Creek, MI.  I had built one previously, but thought I would show the in progress shots of the second one I am building.

This is all the kit parts laid out on the workbench.  Many of the parts are resin with some plastic details to be applied.  Trucks and decals are also included.

First the coupler pockets are glued to the underframe, the easiest way to accomplish this task is to put a small dot of ACC on the underframe, spray the coupler pocket with accelerator and then put together.  The thin ACC does give you some time to position the part before the accelerator kicks in. The reason the pockets are put on first is they give you something to help align the ends of the car as they are glued on next.

Here is the car after the ends were glued on then the one side was glued on.  I used thick ACC and then sprayed on the accelerator to set the ACC in place.  Stiffeners were then glued in place in the car using the same glueing method. Not shown I have also glued in place the final side.  Next up will be cutting the strip styrene for the underframe detailing.

Thanks for looking!

Rick J.

[iomalley]

Did you just build the car in 2011? You mentioned to me years ago at the DT&I meet that you had the kit.

[dti406]

No. I started it years ago, finished building it, but never painted it for a few years as I did not have a spray booth.  I finally built a spray booth and then started painting a bunch of kits and lettering them. I may have finished the lettering on this kit back in 2009. 

I found two more of these kits on HO Interchange a couple of years ago and yesterday decided to start building one of them. 

Rick

[dti406]

Here is this weekends progress on the PC X79 Boxcar.



Here I have glued on all the I beams to the bottom of the car along with the caps on the main structural beams.



Started work on the brake line piping and rigging, assembled, drilled holes for pipes on the Air Reservoir, Triple Valve and Brake Cylinder, installed the main air line and the lines from the Air Reservoir to the Triple Valve, still have a lot of work to do on the piping and rigging.

Thanks for looking!

Rick J

[nsc409w]

Excellent job on the Kellogg's car. In my opinion the Railyard models cars were probably the best resin kits ever made.

Shane

[pacbelt]

Looks challenging, but fun! The first one came out beautifully, and I'm really enjoying watching the second!
Makes me want to try one!

[dti406]

After a two year hiatus I got the X79 off the shelf and started in on completing the brake rods, brake rod guides, slack adjuster and airlines.







Started work on the end detail, attached ladders, walk over platform and placard board. I was supposed to use a piece of plastic rod as the grab, but I substituted a piece of .012 wire as being more robust.




Thanks for looking!

Rick J

[nsc39d8]

I sure wish I could get my hands on one of these models! I will be following along to see how this goes.

Looks great so far!

[dti406]

Jul 30, 2015 15:45:11 GMT -5 nsc39d8 said:

I sure wish I could get my hands on one of these models! I will be following along to see how this goes.

Looks great so far!

There are two of these on E-Bay right now, one assembled and one unassembled.

I have completed the car and it is ready for the paint shop!



The "B" end of the car, including ladders, grab, brake housing and brake wheel.



Side of the car complete with grabs at each end, door stops and all the rodding for the plug doors installed.

Thanks for looking!

Rick J

[nsc39d8]

Thanks for the heads up! I am in for the kit.

[dti406]

Managed to finish painting and decaling the PC X79 Boxcar that I showed the in progress pictures of.





Rail Yard Models kit, painted with Floquil PC Green and Platinum Mist Paints and lettered with kit supplied decals. This car was financed by Kelloggs and leased to the PC for use in hauling cereal from Battle Creek Michigan accross the country. Can put a lot of cereal boxes in a 60' Hi-Cube Boxcar.

Thanks for looking!

Rick J

[iomalley]

Nice job Rick!

[CanadianRails43]

Looks good! Great work!

[analogbeatmaker]

Really nice build Rick! Are you going to weather it or leave as is?

[dti406]

Aug 26, 2015 13:57:58 GMT -5 analogbeatmaker said:

Really nice build Rick! Are you going to weather it or leave as is?

Going to leave it as is, I was taught my painting by a custom painter who never weathered anything, so I do the same. Any weathering is strictly by accident.

Rick J

[along]

Rick Great job on the car. I think this model looks much better than your previous one that you did,maybe it was the lighting in the photo. I'm a big fan of the DT&I and have become a fan of your work as well as Brian Everett (dtinut). Both of you have done some really quality freight car models and I'm always watching for something new from you both. Keep it up and have a great Labor Day weekend. Andrew.