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Post by Country Joe on Nov 28, 2023 15:08:17 GMT
That looks really good, Dave. You’re doing a great job.👍
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Post by firewood on Dec 11, 2023 20:36:49 GMT
Almost there - a few touch-ups and some truck tweaking should do it. As I said, it's a true scrapbox project and the original wasn't quite square....or straight, lol. As one friend mentioned, perfectly fine for a car full of beer! As mentioned, the car sides are card from an old NMRA Bulletin magazine. A few decades back, they occasionally had free car sides included in the club mag. The Olde Frothingslosh connection was a member who was a Pittsburgh radio host named Regis Cordic. He came up with the whole concept as a radio-show skit with spoof commercials. A local brewing company picked up the idea and ran with it, so the original spoof became reality. Instead of actual foam on the bottom, the beer cans were labeled upside-down and are collector items. Dave   |
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Dec 12, 2023 0:04:45 GMT
Beautiful work, Dave, and an interesting project!
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Post by harborbelt70 on Dec 12, 2023 0:27:47 GMT
What a fascinating Americana story and great project! Where can I get one of these boxcars - if anywhere? I would gladly support a custom run.
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Post by Adam on Dec 12, 2023 0:29:25 GMT
Nicely done!
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Post by firewood on Dec 12, 2023 0:49:57 GMT
What a fascinating Americana story and great project! Where can I get one of these boxcars - if anywhere? I would gladly support a custom run. Thanks, gang 👍👍 - just some lipstick on an old pig but quite satisfying. As for other models, I know this scheme was done in HO and N scale. For 3-rail, MTH came out with a RailKing tank car and reefer for 2006, with the most recent in January 2023: mthtrains.com/30-78243mthtrains.com/30-78243 mthtrains.com/30-78016I would imagine there’s some copyright research to do and some Googling, but custom runs should be possible. This project was a decades-old card print added to an even older car, lol. Dave
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Post by healey36 on Dec 12, 2023 21:24:02 GMT
A terrific project, yielding great results. Must be very satisfying.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Dec 13, 2023 11:21:54 GMT
Your project is infinitely superior to the MTH cars! If I knew about them when they were released I probably did not give them a second look.
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Post by firewood on Dec 14, 2023 16:38:39 GMT
Your project is infinitely superior to the MTH cars! If I knew about them when they were released I probably did not give them a second look. Thank you! I don't know if it was a copyright issue, but the HO and N cars (Atlas maybe?) were in the yellow scheme like my car. Interestingly, after recent posts about mis-spelled decals, take another look at the left side of the MTH 30-78243 car.  Dave
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Post by harborbelt70 on Dec 14, 2023 20:54:49 GMT
Your project is infinitely superior to the MTH cars! If I knew about them when they were released I probably did not give them a second look. Thank you! I don't know if it was a copyright issue, but the HO and N cars (Atlas maybe?) were in the yellow scheme like my car. Interestingly, after recent posts about mis-spelled decals, take another look at the left side of the MTH 30-78243 car. Dave
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Post by Adam on Dec 14, 2023 21:37:32 GMT
Thank you! I don't know if it was a copyright issue, but the HO and N cars (Atlas maybe?) were in the yellow scheme like my car. Interestingly, after recent posts about mis-spelled decals, take another look at the left side of the MTH 30-78243 car. Dave WOW! Wonder if anyone else ever caught that.
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