Re: C&S RPO 11: More details
Posted by Keith Hayes on Oct 22, 2018; 3:39am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-RPO-11-Linn-Moedinger-s-Shapeways-Print-in-Sn3-and-Hon3-tp12427p12556.html
Jim, you are the BOMB!
Yes, I have reached out to Messrs. Stears and Junda for a needle beam/ queen post assembly. Call it sacrilege, but I have been planning to build the car with only two truss rods. For all the time I have spent and will spend on fussy break gear, some have observed you really don't see it. Which is why I REALLY like the Overland PIII kits with the single shot brake rigging.
Ken--was 11 constructed by Uncle Pete with the baggage door centered like 10 and 12? Car guys could do anything when rebuilding a car. I find it peculiar that they would reconstruct an RPO with a postal section to USPS specs and then move a baggage door, funky trim and all, a couple feet over. As Derrell discovered with the locomotive rebuilding program, I wonder if 11 was either the first or the last car modified. And what of 13, which appears entirely modern with a far less UP-y looking clerestory/ carlines and a more modern square baggage door.
And yes, I do believe there is a drain pipe on the horizon in that last photo. If you look carefully, you can see it in the snow.
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/C-S-RPO-11-Linn-Moedinger-s-Shapeways-Print-in-Sn3-and-Hon3-tp12427p12556.html
Jim, you are the BOMB!
Yes, I have reached out to Messrs. Stears and Junda for a needle beam/ queen post assembly. Call it sacrilege, but I have been planning to build the car with only two truss rods. For all the time I have spent and will spend on fussy break gear, some have observed you really don't see it. Which is why I REALLY like the Overland PIII kits with the single shot brake rigging.
Ken--was 11 constructed by Uncle Pete with the baggage door centered like 10 and 12? Car guys could do anything when rebuilding a car. I find it peculiar that they would reconstruct an RPO with a postal section to USPS specs and then move a baggage door, funky trim and all, a couple feet over. As Derrell discovered with the locomotive rebuilding program, I wonder if 11 was either the first or the last car modified. And what of 13, which appears entirely modern with a far less UP-y looking clerestory/ carlines and a more modern square baggage door.
And yes, I do believe there is a drain pipe on the horizon in that last photo. If you look carefully, you can see it in the snow.
Keith Hayes
Leadville in Sn3
Leadville in Sn3
| Free forum by Nabble | Edit this page |