Re: C&S RPO 11: The Parts List

Posted by Keith Hayes on Oct 05, 2018; 2:03am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-RPO-11-Linn-Moedinger-s-Shapeways-Print-in-Sn3-and-Hon3-tp12427p12481.html

During a slow period during a meeting today, I jotted dow a list of the parts I will need to complete the RPO in 1:64:

-Trucks (PBL)
-Couplers (Kadee #58)
-Coupler Boxes (Coach Yard)
-Brake Wheels (Foothills On3 Part)
-Brake Chain (parts box)
-Protection Chain (larger links, Clover House 10 links to the inch)
-Brake Cylinder and Retainer (parts box)
-Air Tank (scratch from styrene)
-Queen Posts and Needle Beam (looking...)
-Turn Buckles and Truss Rods (PBL)
-Air Hose and Train Line (PBL rubber part)
-Various sizes of wire
-Evergreen Styrene (scribed sheet and strips)
-Soundcar (Soundtraxx)
-A big speaker and enclosure (Soundtraxx)
-KA 4 Keep Alive (TCS)

I am making a pretty good dent in the list: now the thing I need is some time. Painting the interior is moving up on the list, as is drilling out all the nicely placed holes for grab irons. And I will have to form a grab with dents to keep the top of the ladder in place for the carmen so they can do whatever they have to do on the roof.

Regarding the trucks, I have a photo essay almost ready to go on my modifications of the PBL trucks (MCB with outside hung brakes) to the cast steel trucks with inside hung brakes used on RPO cars. It appears to me that C&S 10-13 all had the cast steel trucks, as did the 'long' RPOs on the D&RGW used on the name trains after 1939. Curiously, the short RPOs used on the Chili line appear to have maintained their MCB composite trucks to the end. I wonder why/ how?