Coach roofs

Sun Nov 29 16:04:07 EST 2020

Jim, 
You reference photos 1704 and 1705. I don't know what you are talking about? Could you please send them here? 
Roger HuberDeer Creek Locomotive Works 

    On Sunday, November 29, 2020, 02:41:48 PM CST, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  

 Roger,
The roof in 1704 is from a Pullman Core Kit by Eastern Car Works; it is too wide for the Branchline car; narrowing it by cutting a section lengthwise out of the middle would mess up the curvature of the roof.
I did a search in the archives for roof drawings of the PG coaches when modernized but couldn't identify anything useful; I thought if I could get a drawing perhaps I could get the roof 3-D printed.
Jim Brewer
On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 1:22 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

I got an extra walther's round roof for a similar project.  It's too long and I don't know what to do about the car end yet.
You might also need new car ends, because I think those are also different so you can run the roof to the car end?
If anyone figures out how to do this I'd love to hear.
David Baker
On Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 9:33 AM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

 Jim: I have used the Northeastern roof with Rivarossi coach body successfully doing a couple of BPd's. You might consider the Rivarossi route (ala Chapman). The stock body is one window short, so you must splice; but the windows are tall (whereas the Branchline ones are not tall enough, and can't be modified).
Jim Nichols
    On Saturday, November 28, 2020, 05:50:27 PM CST, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  

 I am faced with the same dilemma as Roger; I need to build a few coaches for Trains No. 1 and 2 that look like this:
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=184803
My plan is to use the Branchline coaches but the roof is a problem; I looked at using a plastic roof from a core kit, but it is too wide (see photo 1704).  My next thought was to use the Northeastern Scale Lumber "streamline roof", part no. 702, https://northeasternscalelumber.com/shop/railroad-car-parts.html?page=3, and as shown in photo 1705. As is, the roof will not sit down inside the sides of the car; but it may fit with the deepening the "groove" (see 1707) so that it sits down inside of the sides. 
I am open to any and all suggestions.
Jim Brewer
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 11:23 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Roundhouse Harriman cars are an option. See this suggestion in an article for a turtle top SR car:
http://www.srha.net/documents/Heavyweight_Diner_rebuild_article.pdf

Sent from Dave Bott' iPhone

On Nov 26, 2020, at 3:25 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

 Thar's a tough one. My best suggestion is to consider the round roof Athearn coach. Not the best contour, but I can't think of anything closer that is available. You would need to splice some from an extra roof. In the past I have started with a celestory roof and use the same technique for adding "bubbles." Just do the bubbles for the entire length.
Jim Nichols
    On Thursday, November 26, 2020, 05:35:15 AM CST, NW Modeling List via NW-Modeling-List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  

 I need to built some PG coaches with the "turtle?" roofs. Does anyone know of commercial roof stock or roof kits that will replicate these?
Thanks
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