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Originally posted by railman28
Nice Dave. How are going to letter them?
Bob
Originally posted by railman28
Nice Dave. How are going to letter them?
Bob
dave
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Sigh... One of these years I'll get custom decals. But for these, just road initials and car number.
dave
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Me, too, Dave. I've been using dry transfer lettering for my Slate Run RR. Problem is, "SRRR" uses up too many "R's". :erm:quote:
Originally posted by deemery
Sigh... One of these years I'll get custom decals. But for these, just road initials and car number.
dave
BTW, nice looking little hoppers!
BruceComment
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Dave,
The P&R prototype for these cars had an unusual brake shaft as shown here:
With regard to numbering, one account says these cars originally had a different number at each end. You’re in luck; that ended by 1868.
1727 eight-wheel wooden cars were still running on the Reading in 1898.
For a while in the 1890’s the Reading had a branch line into Connecticut.
Mike
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What do you make of those semicircles on the body above the wheel closest to the ends?
dave
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The bolt heads drawn on the bottom of the side sills below the semicircle makes ma think "roping staple". But I don't know a lot about that era.
JamesComment
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I agree. Here’s a later car with slightly different way of doing things.
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The resin kits are back in stock, if anyone is interested:: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-HON3-SIL...T/224331976086
dave
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Dave,
Nice hoppers you're working on. Nice find and they are coming along nicely.
Scott
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Well, yesterday I dug out some mold compound, built a box, and tried to make a mold of the coal load I shaped for the hopper. My plan is to cast these from plaster (to add some weight, as well as 'it's cheap') Today I'll find out if the rubber hardened. When I checked last night, it was still soft and the stuff might have gone bad. It's been on the shelf for a while.
update: Well, I'm pleased to say the mold did cure. I popped it out of the box this morning, and I'll try to remove the master later this afternoon.
dave
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Modeling the Lehigh Valley, I have piles of Clover House dry transfer sheets with no "R" "L" or "V". Because the 19th century railroads used "L.V.R.R." rather than "LVRR" my sheets have no periods and the commas have also been used (with the little tails cut off.)quote:
Originally posted by Dutchman
Me, too, Dave. I've been using dry transfer lettering for my Slate Run RR. Problem is, "SRRR" uses up too many "R's". :erm:quote:
Originally posted by deemery
Sigh... One of these years I'll get custom decals. But for these, just road initials and car number.
dave
I finally ordered a sheet of custom decals.
Mike
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Dave,
I'm looking forward to seeing your coal loads in the hoppers.
Mike
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Now this is really weird. The front page indicates there's a new post in this thread by "CNE1899" on 3/10/21 at 6:53:29 AM, but when I open this thread to read it, the post is nowhere to be found!
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Andre
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Master on the left, first cast on the right. I made the cast pretty thick, and then I file down the ends to fit snugly against the hopper sheets. I should have made the master a bit wider, but even from an end-on view it looks OK.
Next step is to spray paint black, and then touch up with Pan Pastels.
dave
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Very nice Dave.
Y'all (Early Rail forumites) have some hefty skills.
Andre
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He had edited an earlier post of his.quote:
Originally posted by OK Hogger
Now this is really weird. The front page indicates there's a new post in this thread by "CNE1899" on 3/10/21 at 6:53:29 AM, but when I open this thread to read it, the post is nowhere to be found!
???
Andre
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