CharlesH.
Member
Several weeks ago, I asked for a few facts and figures from a somewhat obscure SP automobile boxcar... and here's what I did with them.
I got the notion to build one of these because I found a nice set of plans that came with the Ambroid kit (HOseeker.org, gotta love it) and I had a spare frame from an anachronistic car... not to mention the fact that I need freight cars. I retraced the plans, added the appropriate colouring and data, printed them, and from then it was all about cutting and pasting on heavy cardstock. I also took some cues from the F&C kit to build the end doors.
The entire construction is cardstock, paper strips with embossed rivets (do not count!!) and bent wire, mostly staples. A few heavy pastel chalk dustings took care of the weathering, and the chalk marks were inked on... moslty random scribblings, a few initials and my hat size hehehe.
There are still a few bits and pieces missing on the underbody, and I'll be adding the correct trucks (T-section) later on, but for now, it looks pretty good in a consist. Not too shabby for my first prototypical build, if I say so myself.
I got the notion to build one of these because I found a nice set of plans that came with the Ambroid kit (HOseeker.org, gotta love it) and I had a spare frame from an anachronistic car... not to mention the fact that I need freight cars. I retraced the plans, added the appropriate colouring and data, printed them, and from then it was all about cutting and pasting on heavy cardstock. I also took some cues from the F&C kit to build the end doors.
The entire construction is cardstock, paper strips with embossed rivets (do not count!!) and bent wire, mostly staples. A few heavy pastel chalk dustings took care of the weathering, and the chalk marks were inked on... moslty random scribblings, a few initials and my hat size hehehe.
There are still a few bits and pieces missing on the underbody, and I'll be adding the correct trucks (T-section) later on, but for now, it looks pretty good in a consist. Not too shabby for my first prototypical build, if I say so myself.