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Post by firewood on Nov 11, 2023 3:16:13 GMT
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Nov 11, 2023 3:26:37 GMT
I’m doing a scrapbox re-model of an old O scale boxcar from a club donation. The body is wood - scratch-built? Hardware kits with these printed card sides were popular a few decades ago. This will be a beer reefer - I have a set of O scale card sides from a ‘70s NMRA Bulletin. I guess the Pennsylvania folks will be familiar with Olde Frothingslosh Pale Stale Ale…(the foam is on the bottom) 😉 hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/222/Looks like an interesting and challenging rebuild! I've never run into one of those wood/cardboard kits before, but I suppose anything that is able to secure trucks and couplers at each end could serve as rolling stock. Handy you had the card sides at hand -- were they originally designed to finish a scratch-built effort, or redecorate/reskin a more conventional boxcar?
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Post by dennym57 on Nov 11, 2023 3:43:00 GMT
I'm looking forward to your progress.
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Post by firewood on Nov 11, 2023 3:57:14 GMT
Looks like an interesting and challenging rebuild! I've never run into one of those wood/cardboard kits before, but I suppose anything that is able to secure trucks and couplers at each end could serve as rolling stock. Handy you had the card sides at hand -- were they originally designed to finish a scratch-built effort, or redecorate/reskin a more conventional boxcar? Thanks. I hadn’t seen the Westbrook name before, so looked it up and several appeared on that auction site. They were complete kits. The card sides were a semi-regular thing in older NMRA bulletin magazines I believe. They came in a centerfold and were in every scale from O to Z. You could apply them to anything you wanted I guess. I’m cutting out some duplicate parts like hinges and latches to add some texture. The roof now has a layer of kraft paper, and the roof walk and duckboards are cur from an O scale packing case that belonged on an AHM flatcar. A scrapbox job for sure. Dave
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Post by healey36 on Nov 11, 2023 9:39:18 GMT
Now that’s a neat project!
Wow, Olde Frothingslosh was a local beer made in or near Pittsburgh, as I recall from my college days. Besides the claim of froth on the bottom, the cans’ graphics always featured a photo of Rubenesque-figured women in 1890’s style bathing attire.
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Post by josef on Nov 11, 2023 10:08:18 GMT
Looking forward.
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Post by keithb on Nov 11, 2023 10:09:28 GMT
you have much patience :)Looking forward to the finish result.
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 11, 2023 16:55:47 GMT
This is a cool project, Dave. Please keep us updated as you make progress.
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Nov 11, 2023 19:28:47 GMT
you have much patients  . . . and it looks like *this* particular patient will need all firewood's available patience! 
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Post by atsda on Nov 13, 2023 18:48:03 GMT
firewood, interesting project; keep us updated. I would be interested in knowing the weight of the finished car. Will it need to be weighted? Alfred
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Post by firewood on Nov 26, 2023 4:18:34 GMT
I appreciate the comments, folks. Alfred, I think it will need some weight underneath - there was none before and it's quite light. I'm at the paint and putty stage, touching up the new roof edges - working on the roofwalk and ice hatches as we speak. One side came out a little better than the other, but the overall look seems fine. I clear-coated the new sides, cut card to re-furbish the car ends and marked the planks. Dave   |
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Nov 26, 2023 4:55:22 GMT
Shaping up nicely, Dave, and if there's one side of lower quality, I can't see it in the pics. Yeah, it sounds like a bit of weight wouldn't hurt, and I'm looking forward to the details you plan to add, and remounting the original or substituted trucks. Good luck!
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Post by Country Joe on Nov 26, 2023 13:44:42 GMT
The car is looking good, Dave. You’re doing a very nice job.
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Post by keithb on Nov 27, 2023 10:48:02 GMT
Nice progress Dave!
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Post by firewood on Nov 28, 2023 4:55:20 GMT
Getting into some roof details. If you’re familiar with 1970s AHM / Atlas O scale you’ll recognize the roofwalk/platform material - the packing case from the Atlas flatcar. Dave  |
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