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| New York Central System Historical Society |
I brought home a few things from the St. Louis RPM. The first is a Sunshine Models kit of a Northern Pacific fifty-foot heavy insulation refrigerator car. I missed these when originally offered and managed to find one at the Resourced Rails table at the meet. The prototypes were built by the Despatch Shops in East Rochester, New York in 1946. At the time they were unusual for their length as well as the extra insulation for frozen food shipments. The kit looks like a fun project. I will create my own decals with NYC-style typeface stenciling to match that of the prototype. PS - you can order high res scans for $5 each of these cars at the NYCSHS site (links here and here) A more thorough post about these prototypes will follow at some point.
The next of the loot is a Monon container gondola offered by Forbes Train Models (Doug Forbes.) It's a 3D print of the prototype. Doug also offers a few other versions of the cars. The modeler adds the details such as grabs, wire, trucks, couplers, etc. The first page of the instructions, including Doug's email is included below. These are well-rendered straightforward kits, but are designed to allow varying levels of detailing, from basic up to completely tricked out. The images above are the 3D-printed body with a shot of Tamiya fine surface primer (aerosol can.)
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| From Dave Hussey's PBase gallery... link below |
Last and out of era for me is the Cannon & Company kit for the Northern Pacific's 5300-series combination door waffle cars from Pacific Car & Foundry, kit FC-5015. I know it's too modern for me. However, I have always liked the premise of these kits (as well as the Modeler's Choice line) and relish the challenge of building one up someday. Link to Dave Hussey's PBase image gallery for the prototype and model.
When I was at the Resourced Rails tables on Friday they had two of these NHIX cars. I bought one and was wondering if anybody bought the 2nd kit. Of course, maybe they had 3 when you bought yours. Anyway, are you not satisfied with the decals provided by Sunshine?
ReplyDeleteMartin's decals (for me) left a lot to be desired, especially for things like reporting marks and smaller. The NHIX cars used NYC lettering instead of NP style lettering (except for the Monad.) The NYC characters are unique, as were most railroads' characters. Like most kit manufacturers, esp. of a generation ago, anything besides the roadname and logo was susally suspect! Go here: https://speedwitchmedia.com/files/
Deleteand look at the second to last file (decal artwork) and view the page that shows the SAL 32 ARA cars. I'm obsessed with lettering. Others aren't. YMMV!
It was good to see you.
PS - the NHIX car I bought was the last!