Tom, While you were enjoying Germany and Austria, we both obtained from Pete Silcox a built radial roof Amity Star WABASH completed car and found complete plans for these cars. While by today's standards the Amity car is a bit crude, it provides a view of what was done 20-30 years ago. We are in general, as you suggested, starting from scratch to create a new kit.
We have several projects ahead of the WABASH kit. A DL&W 40' 8' IH boxcar, a NP 40' fishbelly box car and the long awaited AET reefer. We are also completing a SAL bulk- head flat car project that will be available shortly. Thanks, Bob McCarthy THE SUPPLY CAR --- On Sun, 4/1/12, Thomas Baker <[email protected]> wrote: From: Thomas Baker <[email protected]> Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Re: WABASH Composite boxcar To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, April 1, 2012, 2:45 PM Bob, The Wabash car depicted is interesting. The kit offered back in the day by Amity Star comes close, but it has the ubiquitous peaked roof. Its Z-ribs seem to me to be too large, but that could easily be fixed perhaps with plastic Z-ribs produced by Plastistruc. The radial roof is more of a problem, but could be replaced with Northeastern shallow-round caboose roof stock. True enough: Northeastern no longer offers it, but a few modelers out there might have some to spare. I have a modest stash of radial roof stock but hardly enough for even five or ten kits. Anyway, do you think the Amity Star kit might be a starting point? On the other hand, if one makes all the changes to that kit I suggested, one might as well start from scratch and use Evergreen styrene in the first place. The remaining problem is the ends: One might obtain--if they are obtainable--former PRS goofs and reconfigure the ends so that one had the necessary 3-3-3 pattern. That pattern has many other useful applications other than the Wabash model. By the way: The car looks forlorn out there. Is the track connected to a branch line or just isolated, the car permanently situated? Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: WABASH Composite boxcar > 6. WABASH Composite boxcar > Posted by: "shabbona_rr" [email protected] shabbona_rr > Date: Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:05 pm ((PDT)) > > I have just uploaded two photos of the WABASH 40-ft. composite outside braced > boxcar at Montrose, IA. According to what I can find out, this car was part > of a fleet that hauled new Studebakers from the factory. > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1775582643/pic/1964048061/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc > > This car is unusual in that it has a radial roof, which is shown in the end > photo. It is an unusual car that would be seen in all parts of North America, > that is, anywhere people drove Studebakers, and I wondered if there is enough > interest for one of our kit manufacturers to consider offering a model. > > I can supply detail photos, since the car is virtually in my back yard. > > Bob Nicholson ____________________________________________ Bob, The Wabash Single Sheathed Auto Boxcars are mentioned at the end of "Focus on Frieght Cars - Volume One: Single Sheathed Box & Automobile Cars" by Richard Hendrickson. Available from Speedwich Media. I think there was a specific book or chapter in another book (possibly a CYC) that is specific to the Wabash (and maybe Ann Arbor) cars....There is no indication on how long these cars lasted... The cars were build in 1920 and had a number of options in doors and such. It would make an interesting car. Currently, on the S-Helper Single Sheathed car is available for modification....I know Scenery Unlimited made one, but that was some time ago.... The wabash car seem to have "narrower panels" than the S-helper car. The book shows many other Single Sheathed cars that would be interesting... Possibly adding 1-2 combinations with various ends (many ends are present in the book) would greatly expand the possibilities ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
