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 Posted - November 17 2012 : 5:31:01 PM
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Another project I took on while I was making my PC units was to make some matching freight cars. I choose to repaint 3 Tyco Plug door boxcars into appropriate PC cars based on prototype pictures I found on-line. Each of the cars was re-equipped with Kadee couplers, Kadee Ajax brake wheels, and Tichy Train Group trucks. Decals came from Microscale and paint came from Aculflex. I will eventually weather the cars but for now I will keep them looking freshly shopped...
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Edited by - Srenchin on November 17 2012 5:35:38 PM
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 5:41:56 PM
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so is the PC or it's predecessors the oned Tyco based their boxcar off of?
just me Ray... and just because I have Tyco doesn't mean I am not a model railroader
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 6:13:26 PM
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very nice <3 I want one  but show coming up next Sat so I'll look there
Sides I likes keeping my cars looking new
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 6:21:41 PM
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Nice work on the three recent posts.
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 7:07:49 PM
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rgcw5....
I consider Tyco's 50' foot Plugdoor a "generic model" since several railroads owned cars that have the general appearance of Tyco's 50 foot plug door box car. Since plug doors and metal roofwalks of the sort that are represented on the Tyco car were not developed until after 1945 and roof walks themselves were removed from all box cars by the late 1980's, the Tyco car's general appearance makes it an appropriate starting point for modeling equipment that was used from 1950 to about 1980. Interestingly, the Dreadnaught style ends found on the Tyco Pluger suggests a car that was built between 1930 and 1945 so a prototype plug door boxcar with the same details would have been rebuilt with plug doors sometime after leaving the erecting floor. An ambitious modeler could get even more modeling "mileage" out of the Tyco Plugers by replacing the molded on plug door detail with an aftermarket sliding door. The great thing about these cars is that they are cheep and plentiful so you can experiment with these shells without worrying about ruining an expensive model.
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 9:12:44 PM
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| Excellent work and finishing on all of these boxcars!
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Posted - November 17 2012 : 11:29:53 PM
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Scott,
Yet again, GREAT decal and paint work! What decals did you use? and what type of paint?
LOOKS AWESOME tho!
~John
Many have tried to, and failed, ya just can't repair stupid...
Do NOT try to Idiot-Proof anything!!!! God, will simply create a better......IDIOT!
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Posted - November 18 2012 : 02:18:18 AM
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quote:Scott,
Yet again, GREAT decal and paint work! What decals did you use? and what type of paint?
LOOKS AWESOME tho!
Originally posted by EM-1Â -Â November 17 2012Â :Â 11:29:53 PM
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Thank you for the compliment, the decals are from Microscale and the paint is Accuflex. Thank goodness that there are still some decal manufacturers out there otherwise projects like this one would be impossible...
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Posted - November 26 2020 : 1:59:20 PM
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Those Penn Central cars look great Scott.
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Posted - November 26 2020 : 5:46:13 PM
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| Those look great!
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Posted - November 28 2020 : 08:43:39 AM
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Amazing work. Looks better than any top shelf model I can
think of, Accurail, etc.
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Posted - November 28 2020 : 09:16:44 AM
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| Very nice job with those
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