AAR 40' box cars?

[NW Modeling List]

NW Mailing List wrote:
 > Unfortunately N&W did not buy boxcars of AAR design - preferred their 
own, although similar. The N&W cars had a continuous side sill.

Good information.  Has anybody tried converting an AAR car into a B5?  I 
downloaded a number of photos from the VT archives yesterday, and it looks 
like the main change would be to add a slightly fisbelly riveted side sill? 
  I realize it wouldn't be perfect, but I'm shooting for a reasonable 
approximation of the prototype.  Are there any other major variations 
between the two cars which would reduce the project to a caricature?

 > You might try Champ for decals. Believe it or not, they are still in 
business and have an on-line catalog

Done, and duly ordered!  I ordered some Southern decals too - those little 
buggers are hard to find.

<rant>
Why is it that it's almost impossible to find models of anything prior to 
1953, and decals for anything prior to 1960?  I thought the transition era 
was the single most popular era in the history of model railroading, so why 
is so little available?
</rant>
-- 
Kenneth Rickman - krickman1 at carolina.rr.com
Salisbury, NC