Re: Be a patron of the narrow gauge model building arts??
Posted by Jim Courtney on Oct 28, 2021; 5:53pm
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Be-a-patron-of-the-narrow-gauge-model-building-arts-tp17065p17071.html
OOOPs!
I didn't notice the link to the "Co-Op dashboard". So the 1903 version of the D&RG 3000 boxcars are a go in Sn3! Great news, I will probably buy a couple of kits for my 1909 interchange roster. I'll be curious if any HOn3 and On3 folks jump in as investors to convert the engineering to their scales, I predict this will be a great selling kit.
As to the DSP&P way cars, I wonder if I should send Bill the link to John Greenly's "The caboose that never was . . ." thread, to thoroughly confuse him as he designs the underframe for the kits???
Nice to see the interest in HOn3 Peninsular coal cars. I'm going to propose that Bill design kits based on Ron Rudnick's drawings in his UPD&G / DL&G Modeling Guide, as the cars looked in the late 1890s, on the eve of the C&S birth:
Rudnick drawing, page 11 of UPD&G/DL&G Modeling Guide
Bob Stears has also published plans for these cars, so there is a fair amount of data already available. The coal cars were numbered 4809-4997 on the C&S, a large number stayed in service until 1916-1924. Some were converted to work cars. As a spin-off kit, I'd also like kits for the 30' Peninsular flat cars, as in the drawing above. These were numbered 1055-1075, many still in service as late as 1923, also used in MOW service, perhaps into the 1930s. Both cars rode on the type-B 20 ton trucks.
Both cars were interchanged to other Colorado roads as well. There are conductor's train book records of C&S 4934, 4961 and 4982 in RGS consists in 1909 and flat car 1068 on the RGS as late as 1920. So Geoff might want one of each, showing up in Telluride.
Any On3 folks want in on this??
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To further discussion, what are the most popular C&S / predecessor cars that might be consensus candidates for other Leadville Designs kits?? Collectively, we C&S modeling fans can give Bill some market research for direction in his kit design efforts.
Bill has stated that at least one individual has expressed interest in possibly funding the C&S cinder cars, like these:
Model (On3) by Bob Stears, posted on main blog site.
As Bill pointed out, this could be a start for all the St Charles coal cars. If anyone else wants in on funding this project, contact Bill.
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Be-a-patron-of-the-narrow-gauge-model-building-arts-tp17065p17071.html
OOOPs!
I didn't notice the link to the "Co-Op dashboard". So the 1903 version of the D&RG 3000 boxcars are a go in Sn3! Great news, I will probably buy a couple of kits for my 1909 interchange roster. I'll be curious if any HOn3 and On3 folks jump in as investors to convert the engineering to their scales, I predict this will be a great selling kit.
As to the DSP&P way cars, I wonder if I should send Bill the link to John Greenly's "The caboose that never was . . ." thread, to thoroughly confuse him as he designs the underframe for the kits???
Nice to see the interest in HOn3 Peninsular coal cars. I'm going to propose that Bill design kits based on Ron Rudnick's drawings in his UPD&G / DL&G Modeling Guide, as the cars looked in the late 1890s, on the eve of the C&S birth:
Rudnick drawing, page 11 of UPD&G/DL&G Modeling Guide
Bob Stears has also published plans for these cars, so there is a fair amount of data already available. The coal cars were numbered 4809-4997 on the C&S, a large number stayed in service until 1916-1924. Some were converted to work cars. As a spin-off kit, I'd also like kits for the 30' Peninsular flat cars, as in the drawing above. These were numbered 1055-1075, many still in service as late as 1923, also used in MOW service, perhaps into the 1930s. Both cars rode on the type-B 20 ton trucks.
Both cars were interchanged to other Colorado roads as well. There are conductor's train book records of C&S 4934, 4961 and 4982 in RGS consists in 1909 and flat car 1068 on the RGS as late as 1920. So Geoff might want one of each, showing up in Telluride.
Any On3 folks want in on this??
_____________________________
To further discussion, what are the most popular C&S / predecessor cars that might be consensus candidates for other Leadville Designs kits?? Collectively, we C&S modeling fans can give Bill some market research for direction in his kit design efforts.
Bill has stated that at least one individual has expressed interest in possibly funding the C&S cinder cars, like these:
Model (On3) by Bob Stears, posted on main blog site.
As Bill pointed out, this could be a start for all the St Charles coal cars. If anyone else wants in on funding this project, contact Bill.
Jim Courtney
Poulsbo, WA
Poulsbo, WA
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