7mm Richards P48 US Thread

[Dog Star]

Looks to me that the "straps" are folded under the step plate and then folded again to make the vertical strap (which is bolted to the end of the wagon). This is most obvious on the yellow box van in photo #597.

 

[Big Train James]

Unfortunately that example is of another car, used only to demonstrate the nature of bent straps for step mounting. In that instance, the angle bracket is quite simple, a piece of heavy bar stock (something like ½" thickness) bent into an "L". The car that Richard is working on appears to have an attachment above and below the step, with the lower attachment as brace angling down and back from the tread face.

 

[richard carr]

Thanks again Jim

The bottom photo makes clear, at least I think so.

This is what you get int he instructions



Which doesn't help at all

But this is what I think it should be







I have then drilled holes in the box car end and added spiggots from 0.4mm wire to mount the step.



I'll glue this on when I get home as I think it will be fairly delicate and unlikely to survive 2 flights.

 

[Jordan]

This is what you get in the instructions

I found the instructions in my Modern Outline boxcar kit tend to assume a fair bit of familiarity with the prototype, that can be hard to acquire from several thousand miles away.
Thank goodness for the Interweb!!

 

[Big Train James]

But this is what I think it should be

That's pretty much what I was describing above about the part being "upside down". Lacking any other instruction, I think I would have ended up in the same place you did.

I am surprised by the lack of information provided in the instructions. Why not just say "attach the platforms to the car" and be done with it? I suppose I shouldn't actually be surprised, because I really would have had no idea what to expect, except that it was something more than what is provided.

I found the instructions in my Modern Outline boxcar kit tend to assume a fair bit of familiarity with the prototype, that can be hard to acquire from several thousand miles away.
Thank goodness for the Interweb!!

No doubt! It's even hard to acquire from here, not quite as many miles away. There are plenty of photos available online showing the car in general, one would have no issue referencing paint and lettering information, but the details are difficult if not impossible to find photos of. Or the quality of the photos isn't the best if you do find one that shows a particular condition. That is one advantage to modeling the truly modern era, the equipment is most often still extant. Older cars like these B-100 cars aren't as easy to find anymore.

 

[richard carr]

I've now made it back to Qatar, it all seems very quiet but a lot of people are wearing Ferrari shirts.



I have caught up on some sleep so not much more progress on the boxcar, but there isn't much more to do until I get home.
I have now ordered some Tru Color paint, it should be waiting for me when I get back on Monday. Unfortunately Mech Models don;t stock TCP 211 SP boxcar red but they had something near enough.








These kits really are a labour of love, and cost a relative fortune, $180 for the kit, $125 for some protocraft 100ton trucks, paint and decals and 20 hours to make it and paint it. Its only for the fun of it !