This interesting and unique car was produced
as a urethane kit by my friend Andy Malette. He has produced many model
railroad items, and made some parts such as the PRR Trust Plates on my Pennsy
S Models cars. Here is Andy’s website: http://mlwservices.weebly.com Like most things that drive anything
getting made in S Scale, it was of interest to Andy to produce this car for
his fleet of cars, and in turn offered it for sale. Andy is an excellent
modeler and a great musician as well. What I got the car it was mostly
completed from his kit by Andy. I
added parts like the B end details of the Ajax brake gear, brake platform,
cut levers, and center stirrup steps. I went “off” directions with adding my
brass draft gear. I don’t know if this car ever ran on
the PRSL but it is something that sticks out of the ordinary. It is not
likely going to get weathered as it is too pretty! |
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Completing The Car
This is a change I made on the inside of the car. I added brass
angles at the ends to screw the floor to.
I
like to make my cars heavier than most other modelers. My plastic and urethane cars
are often run in a 30+ car train with a lot of brass cars so I want them to
track well. I did not want any issues with the urethane possibly sagging under
the car tire weights so I added 2 1/8” square steel bars spanning from bolster
to bolster to support it all.
Completed Car
The PAINT!
The
color is very different, as a blend of gray and green (to me). It was a special
custom Scalecoat mix made for the Canadian National Railways Historical Association,
and only available from one person that would not mail or ship it for any
price. My bottles were hand carried from the Great White North and delivered to
me. I am so glad I waited to get the correct paint and not paint it M O W gray
as I originally was going to do.
Revised 2-25-18
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