Hi Bill: Very useful - thanks! British American Oil (B/A) is a Canadian company and I have decals for their tank cars. These cars are probably too large for B/A service. But I may be able to do them CGTX and reletter my S Scale America cars for B/A. Cheers! - Trevor
--- In [email protected], "scale S only" <scalesonly@...> wrote: > > Hi all -- > > There were a UP car (ladders and walks on both sides with National B trucks), > a ATSF Tk-K, WP (probably one of those in the photo), and two SP cars (also > probably one in the photo without the second rung in the stirrup step). > Microscale did the decals for the SP cars (probably still available through > Des Plaines Hobbies), but all the rest would require some piecing together > from other scales. The ATSF car has a significantly different frame from > the rest, and is not really like any other car from any other line. It > would take some pretty good sleuthing to determine whether one of the cars > you have is WP or if they are both SP. As such, you could letter them both > as SP and get away with it. Considering most of these cars were used to > haul company fuel oil, they probably didn't see much off line use. Using > some modelers license and lettering them for a Canadian/Canadien road would > be just fine. > > Hope this helps. > Bill Winans > ------------------------------ > > I photographed those when they were being initially imported. Our club > bought the 5 car set and divided up the set. Seems to me there was one UP, 1 > or 2 SP's, but I've forgotten the other RR's--maybe WP and/or ATSF? One of > the factors was the single spring truck on the UP model--National B, perhaps. > Anyway the UP models do have double ladders. > > The last time I saw Jettie at the Duluth Convention he had a bunch for sale > that had been painted and lettered although used. > > Bob Were > > ------------------------ > > Hi Trevor; > > > > If I'm not mistaken, those are Southern Pacific or UP tank cars imported > > some years ago by Southwind or RR models. They would be large, 12500 gal > > cars. The back one is clearly a General American designed car with the two > > rung steps and double strap holding the tank to the support. > > > > Tony Thompson wrote about modeling them in his blog: > > > > http://modelingthesp.blogspot.com/2011/05/modeling-sp-tank-cars.html > > > > Assuming you don't need an SP car, you could look for cars of similar > > gallon capacity for GATX or UTLX and letter them appropriately. > > > > The ladder on one side only is not so unusual, I recall it was a standard > > feature on UTLX design cars, the single largest tank car fleet! Cars that > > UTLX acquired from other lines did have ladders on both sides, but their > > home design cars didn't. > > > > Pieter E. Roos > -------------------------------------> > > > I picked up two brass tank cars yesterday at a local > > > gathering. I'm trying to determine the prototypes so I know > > > how to paint/finish them. Any help would be appreciated. > > > Photos and more information can be found here: > > > http://themodelrailwayshow.com/cn1950s/?p=1604 > > > Thanks in advance! > > > - Trevor > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
