I've had this for a while. It has Aluminum castings for the floor, ends, and sides with a wood block rood that someone put pins in to simulate rivets. It has what I presume is a date stamded in the sill on the bottom. I am thinking it might be Scale Models as the floor does not match the normal Alexander floors I see in the gondolas and cattle cars. But who knows... Any thoughts?
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I don't know what it is, but, it makes me feel like I want to go out and pour some metal. cTr...( Choose the Right )
Here is a cast aluminum parts Scale Model Railways 40' boxcar from 1937. It has five cast parts: Roof, two sides, one "A" end and one "B" end. No floor but I made one for it that is fully detailed. The castings are fairly thin with good rivet detail that is not too oversized. The side castings include the corner steps which I filed down to a more prototypical appearance.
A fellow O scale modeler sent me these castings in 2000, with the note "see what you can do with these." I found a C&O box car it a 1943 issue of the Official Register of Railway Equipment that matched the car's dimensions. The unusually long C&O car number was for cars assigned to automotive parts service at that time.
On the PRR box car, how heavy is the model? Is it slightly bigger (wider, longer) than similar models of such a car? In some respects, it looks like it might be a Min I Scale or Mi Loco model. The cast aluminum WM hopper I include here is one by Min I Scale, 1936/7. It's built with three castings - two sides and an underframe, weighs a hefty 2 1/4 lbs. and is 17/64" / ft scale.
Scale Craft may be another possibility as they also offered some cast aluminum car kits such has the T&P stock car in the last photo, a 1939 issue. It has a wood roof and floor, to which I added underbody details, with two side and two end castings. It originally had heavy wire corner steps like those on the PRR box car, which I changed for steps made with brass strip.
S. Islander
Count on Ed for beautifully restored models. More, please!
Those cars are so nicely done, thanks for sharing them. cTr....( Choose the Right )
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