Problem, everyone used Northeastern scribed siding, which had gaps Have siding twice as wide as the prototype. Making it look like two 2-5/8' wide boards. Of the standard pattern siding, which has a centered V groove, Sheathing that said 5-1/4' T&G, and said, 'great, I can useġ/16' scribed wood.' No one ever bothered to look for the drawing Looked at the general arrangement drawings published in variousĮditions of the Car Builder's Dictionary, saw a call-out on the Through the Train Miniature plastic kits. Dennis StorzekĪ common problem with single sheathed house car kits all the way I hate to rain on anyone's parade, but unless you are like Doc Denny and build antique kits for the joy of building a kit you couldn't build while you were a kid, these older kits just don't compare with today's models. Other things that are really dated the I section used for the crossbearers is really thick, and lacks the characteristic ogee cut on the end used by Bettendorf on their underframes, and the decal lettering, while crisp, is oversize. To compound the problem, everyone used Northeastern scribed siding, which had gaps a scale 7/8' wide between the boards.

So, all those kits have siding twice as wide as the prototype. People repeatedly looked at the general arrangement drawings published in various editions of the Car Builder's Dictionary, saw a call-out on the sheathing that said 5-1/4' T&G, and said, 'great, I can use 1/16' scribed wood.' No one ever bothered to look for the drawing of the standard pattern siding, which has a centered V groove, making it look like two 2-5/8' wide boards. Thanks, RayĪ common problem with single sheathed house car kits all the way through the Train Miniature plastic kits. Also photos of the Rock Island prototype would be useful (especially from the late 1930s). Any information on when this was made would be great. I believe Prototype Modeler was involved with this wood kit, but I looked through the TrainLife archives and can't find any information on this kit, other PM kits, or the Rock Island reefer. Group, I went to the train shop recently and bought some kits, this is one of those kits. Bringing them full circle.įrom: On Behalf Of Ray Carson via groups.io Sent: Monday, Novem11:10 AM To: Subject: What is this kit? In the early 50’s, the RI bought a few of them back for Ice Service. There is a nice Ernst Steffan photo from 1939 in the NMRA collection.

The cars were later sold back to GAC and then leased back about 1933 after refurbishing with the same numbers but GARE and then GARX reporting marks. They were quite similar to a contemporary PFE car (I think R-30-13) but with ladders instead of grabs on the ends and sides. The cars in question were built by GAC in 1924 as RI 67750-67999.

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