Homemade X panel roof | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

Brother_LoveOGR Forum Member

I looked everywhere and could find nothing to use so I modeled it with strip styrene, not perfect but passable.

Malcolm

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8/16/1311:34 AM

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PRR ManOGR Forum Member

very nice Malcolm!

I suppose an X panel roof is made from stamped panels. To gain perfection you'd need to chamfer all the X edges...ugh!

big trainOGR Forum Member

Malcolm,

The Atlas Berwick Hy-cube boxcar has an X-panel roof, although it is essentially flat without a ridge. I don't know if an X-panel caboose roof is the same as the X-panel boxcar roof, so I can't say whether a roof from that car could be adapted to your needs.

Also, there are drawings of the Stanray diagonal and X-panel roofs in the 1974 Car and Locomotive Cyclopedia. Drawings give panel dimensions, rib heights, and various edge and closure detail conditions. I could probably get you a scan of the drawings if you needed it for future projects.

Jim

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8/18/1312:03 PM

Brother_LoveOGR Forum Member

Chris,

I did work on the rook more and got it closer to the look I wanted. The SRR cab is ready for the paint shop now. It will be X333.

Malcolm

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PRR ManOGR Forum Member

I can see that Malcolm! Wonderful.

mwbOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Brother_Love:

How did you make those louvers, Malcolm?

Brother_LoveOGR Forum Member

Archer decals.

Originally Posted by mwb:

Originally Posted by Brother_Love:

How did you make those louvers, Malcolm?

mwbOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Brother_Love:

Archer decals.

Originally Posted by mwb:

Originally Posted by Brother_Love:

How did you make those louvers, Malcolm?

Thanks. They look good and worth trying.

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