Picture of MTH woodsided passenger cars

Don,

They are nice cars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim

You sure you want to repaint these? They are beautifully done. 

If you want a specific road name and color scheme, why not build a Labelle kit? I’m in the same boat, and working on a few right now. Here’s the progress on one:

 

It's not cheaper than buying an MTH car, but it's a helluva lot more fun, and you'll end up with something even better-looking.

how do i find out more about these "labelle kits"? do they have a website?

Labelle Woodworking: https://www.labellemodels.com/scale-c-22.html

 

I plan to do a post with photos once the project is done, so I'm letting the cat out of the bag a little, but I'm having a great time building these.  They're based on 58' prototypes - more common to the turn-of-the-century period than 64' - so they look a little more at home on my O54 curves.  I'm no master kit-builder either - just a fearless guy with a cheap hobby knife and some Elmer's.

how do i find out more about these "labelle kits"? do they have a website?

Try Googling it.

 

https://www.labellemodels.com/

Does anyone have a picture of a finished Labelle passenger car with the arched windows?  Thanks for all the info!!Don

I have both.  The La Belle is a nice car, but even though plastic, the MTH is better, and more rugged.  Opinion.

 

Also, the La Belle is not trivial to build.  You get a mini lumber yard in that kit.

Quite right, Bob, the car is not as rugged as the MTH, and the kit does resemble a "mini lumber yard".  But I found it to be quite possible with a healthy dose of patience.

Bob, since you have both, could you tell me if the space where the road name goes,is it the same height on both cars?. I need to make Great Northern decals and it looks like there is very little room on the Labelle car.

Hi Jim, I really like those MTH cars you posted above. Would that era design be correct for the GW and AL president engines they have coming out?

I love these cars. MTH did a beutiful job on them. Wish I had the B&M versions.

 

I really like La Belle kits. You can modify them anyway you want. Lots of them new on E-bay. Don

Nice one!

       
       

Oh but you do   The Strasburg cars are ex B&M.

While the new President engines are slightly overscale at 1:29, and wear the paint scheme from Engine No. 1 on the Walt Disney World Railroad, they do work very well with the MTH woodside cars size-wise, and would be correct for the cars' era.

I can use the Penn cars for my GN train--which other road names have the same red-brown color? Thanks, Don