Quality and resonable replica of the N&W heavy's?

[NW Modeling List]

My biggest problem with the Branchline coach (at least the one I have) 
is that it has the later color scheme with a black roof and yellow 
lettering, appropriate only for a couple of cars in branch line 
service, which need stove chimneys added. For the era when such were 
more numerous I can easily paint the roof brown with black weathering, 
but stripping the yellow lettering without repainting the car side is a 
challenge i have yet to tackle. The Bachmann Spectrum cars can be 
de-lettered with rubber cement thinner, but I doubt that the Branchline 
cars have the same pad printing formula.

Jeff
Two Blocks from the N&W Valley Line

-----Original Message-----
From: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
To: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
Sent: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Quality and resonable replica of the N&W heavy's?

   Branchline makes the “single window” 78’ car kit in several road 
names including N & W. You can build it a various levels of detail, but 
it takes a lot of alteration to allow the trucks to swivel freely on 
curves as broad as 32” r. F & C also made a resin Pg coach kit. The F & 
C is probably the most accurate model of an N & W Pg, but by far is 
also the most expensive! I have one F & C car just about to receive its 
paint job and two Branchline cars waiting to be built. I don’t really 
like the color on the Branchline cars, but after hearing all 
considerations, I will leave it alone. Walthers makes a “paired window” 
car painted for N & W which I haven’t seen yet. The other plus for 
these cars compared to the Spectrum is the roof line. The PRR P-70s had 
a distinctly lower clerestory roof. Eastern Car Works also made a P-70 
painted for N & W. I put a new higher clerestory roof on mine which 
helps to disguise the PRR look. Walthers has come out with new versions 
of most of the heavyweight passenger cars they used to sell 45 years 
ago – wooden bodies with metal sides and ends. I have one of their old 
75’ single window coaches which I just recently built after all this 
time. It is not quite as long as the N&W cars (or as long as the 
Branchline, F & C, ECW, etc.) I wonder if they plan to come out with a 
new version of a 75 – 80 foot single window coach.

 Bob Folsom


  On 2/20/07 2:51 PM, "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> 
wrote:

  I've done exactly as Marty suggests with my Spectrum coaches and 
diner. The biggest issue with the Spectrum coach is that it's based on 
the PRR P-70, which is a "paired window" car. The N&W Pg was a "single 
window" car. Several recent offerings (e.g. Branchline, among others) 
have the same issue. From six feet away 99% won't see the difference. 
If that doesn't bother you, go for it!

 Dave Phelps

  In a message dated 2/20/2007 7:38:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:
  The coach, combine, and diner all make decent stand-ins right out of 
the
 box. The coach is a PG, the combine a BPd, and the diner a DE. If you
  wanted to make them closer, I'd probably start with the roofs of the 
coach
  and the combine by removing the vents on top. The biggest problem with 
the
  diner appears to be the doors. The model has them on opposite ends of 
the
  car, while the DE had both doors on the same end. The observation 
needs
 some major window alterations to even resemble an N&W business car.

 Marty Flick

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
 To: <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
 Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:01 PM
 Subject: Quality and resonable replica of the N&W heavy's?


 > Gentlemen:
 >
 > A question to the group at large, how would you rate the Bachmann
 > Spectrum Heavy
  > weight passenger cars, sample Walthers Cat Part # 160-89410, 
relative to
 > basic
  > quality of the replication of the Coach, Combine, Diner, and 
Observation
 > cars,
 > the color, laydown of the trucks, basic scale and shape of window
 > arrangements,
  > doors, vents, undercarrige etc... vs the original N&W passenger 
period
 > equipment?
 >
 > Thanks
 > Eric Raitch
 >
 >
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