by scaro » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:05 am
very nice. the decal issue arises ... hope it isn't discouraging. so far as i can see, no one's found an answer.
i wonder whether one of the microscale sets will be suitable. maybe 87-14. the southern ordered 5000 of these cars. they wore a lot of schemes. check on southern.railfan.net
SCL under the 'Family Lines' banner ordered many in the 1970s too. theirs had an extra 'waffle', down near the doors at the bottom. think that's about the only difference. what would be suitable for an SCL decal , i just don't know.
although owned by only a few RRs, they were two of the biggest and richest, so they had lots of them. they were iconic cars of the 70s and ran everywhere. modellers were over the moon when HO and N versions were released.
the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern picked up some, i assume secondhand, in a later period.
i do not think these cars had roofwalks, i've seen many images of them now, and none had one. they were ordered in the 1970s and by that time roofwalks were being phased out.
i have not heard of 8.5mm wheels being available, but in any event i think they'd be too big. 8.5mm in TT is 40" and i do not know whether any cars have that size, though most US locos do. the 3mm society do 8mm wheels which may be handy for the more modern freight cars with 38" wheels.
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