Westerfield gon

[NW Modeling List]

Well, first of all, thank you guys who sent the article on scratchbuilding
a VGN gon in O scale.  Great list: one man mentions the article, one sends
the site, and two then send the article.  Thanks very much; it will be
mentioned in the clinic.

Now, Eric.  First, thanks for the research job.  Impressive work.  Since
the clinic is this Friday, fortunately I do have the books you mentioned on
the shelf, and I've been wearing them out over the last few years.  This
clinic has been in use for about 6 years, but each time i give it I am
given more information; I'd like to think that the clinic gets better.  And
partly because of the origina premise that we started with, and partly
because of time, I'm just covering gons.  The PRR, N&W, and B&O hoppers are
not part of the discussion; spoiler alert: I do mention the one PRR monster
gon.  I onlhy have one hour for the clinic; now the hoppers could well get
discussed over beverages this coming weekend.  And I was aware of the PRR
and N&W hoppers, but I hadn't noticed the B&O.  And the Karig, Dow, and
Teichmoller books are invaluable.  And all are getting pricey unless you're
lucky.

The situation for models, RTR and kits, is kind of sad.  And, subtle hint,
the clinic is penciled in again for the Virginian get together this October.

Thanks again all of you

On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 1:11 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
> wrote:

> The article is in vol 8 issue 3 of O Scale Trains, May/June 2009, pages
> 36-39.
>
> Kevin Byrd
> Chesterfield, VA
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 26, 2016, at 10:30 AM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> There is an article in a past O Scale Trains magazine on how to build a
> Virginian Railway Battleship Gondola out of styrene. Can't remember which
> volume and issue off the top of my head but O Scale Trains has PDF files of
> past issues on their website for free.
>
> Very Respectfully,
> Joseph Congemi
>
> On Mar 26, 2016, at 07:50, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
> Frank
>
> Yes, in O scale a string of 15 gons would be impressive and expensive at
> around $300 per car-if you can find them....
> I have a friend who has two of them and they have been drooled on.
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> To: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> Sent: Sat, Mar 26, 2016 7:44 am
> Subject: Re: Westerfield gon
>
> Dave ; thanks you.
>
> Jim, Jim: thank you guys, but here's what's going on.  I'm giving a clinic
> on the "battleship" gons of the three Pochahontas railroads at the C&O
> Modelers Meet next weekend at Hawks Nest.  I'm going to include a brief rif
> on the (sadly few good)models available thereof, and the several less than
> stellar models that have been done over the years.  The Red Ball model will
> be discussed, as what I believe was a model made a generation later to the
> same (unprototypical)pattern by Concept.  But I'm not going to give away
> more as that will decrease the excitement level if you get to hear the
> clinic at some convention in the future.  I can tell you that when Steve
> Summers, Al Kresse, and I started this project we thought that between the
> three railroads we'd be dealing with something like 6 to 8 classes of
> gondolas; we have identified approximately 17.  Jim N: yes, you remembered
> the Red Ball correctly.  Jim K; as on O scaler you're in great shape as
> Rich Yoder did a truly exquisite model of the Virginian gon in brass, and a
> train of about 15 of those would be quite impressive.
>
> Frank Bongiovanni
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:49 PM, NW Modeling List <
> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>> Frank,
>>
>> I found a small picture here:
>> https://id18538.securedata.net/westerfieldmodels.com/merchantmanager/index.php?cPath=89
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 1:44 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>>
>> Another very long shot; does anybody out there have a decent picture of
>> an assembled* Westerfield N&W GKa "battleship" gon??  I could use the
>> picture for a clinic.
>>
>> * I said it was a very long shot
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Frank Bongiovanni
>>
>> fbongiovanni at gmail.com
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