Update to Muncie & Western Boxcar Build

Very nice.  A string of these was parked in Pensacola in 1955.  Most had simplex arch bar trucks, and I vaguely remember the jar as being on one side of the door.

That is interesting.   According to the information I have they never had arch bars during their service life.  Most of the cars had 50 ton Andrews with some getting AAR double truss trucks after WWII.  The Mason Jar appeared on both sides according to information I have.

Gene 

Nice clean craftsmanship!  Thanks for sharing.

Where do you get your door hardware?

Gene, what type of side sheathing does the Mather car use?

As you said, most often (brass) models use scribing to represent "v groove" siding.

I would think that on a single sheathed car the lumber is tongue and groove to keep it weather sealed when it is stacked horizontally.  

Thus the boards are modeled with no gap between them.   Does the "relief" of the boards on the model represent the belief that the lumber, while standard size, is milled with slight variances and that along with the fact that the wood comes from different parts of the log along with different trees gives each board a bit of a different "size".

I know there are a few discussions on STMFC about car siding, but this is probably a good time to talk about it in the context of your model.

Gene,

I don't want to steal your thread but I don't know to contact you other than by this post.

I used the link in your first post that took me to your blog, I'd like to ask you about your coal conveyor.

My email is in my profile.

Thank you.

Rob

Mather used tongue and groove lumber on their single sheathed cars.  There are slight variation in boards due to aging and so you see "texture" when you view the siding in photos.  Modeling does require a little theatre to create the same sense.  I use custom cut Evergreen strips to build up the sides.  Variations in strip thickness will create some of this desired texture.  I also use sandpaper to break the edge of the boards ever so slightly.  Bottom line, it is not a "V" groove as used by most brass imports and injection molded plastic models.  The siding does have some variation.  I think Ted Culotta does his HO patterns the same way I do without the "V" groove. 

I have included images of a kit I did for Southern Car & Foundry.  The first shot is of the pattern for the side and the second is of the finished kit.

Gene

MWB

The door hardware was obtained from Grandt Line for the top door hangers,  latches from MacLeod Western (available from Foothill Model Supply), door guides from San Juan Car Company.  The last part was an extra sprue from a kit.   San Juan does not sell their parts separately. 

Gene

Gene D posted:

Rob

Mather used tongue and groove lumber on their single sheathed cars.  There are slight variation in boards due to aging and so you see "texture" when you view the siding in photos.  Modeling does require a little theatre to create the same sense.  I use custom cut Evergreen strips to build up the sides.  Variations in strip thickness will create some of this desired texture.  I also use sandpaper to break the edge of the boards ever so slightly.  Bottom line, it is not a "V" groove as used by most brass imports and injection molded plastic models.  The siding does have some variation.  I think Ted Culotta does his HO patterns the same way I do without the "V" groove. 

I have included images of a kit I did for Southern Car & Foundry.  The first shot is of the pattern for the side and the second is of the finished kit.

Gene

 

Thanks Gene!  Building "board by board" to give the proper relief is great. 

It seems that whether in plastic or brass there's not a lot of effort put into reproducing wood accurately.    For those of us who like RTR brass cars it's time to start searching for new methods to get around this.  Perhaps an overlay. 

Oh, I've been pouring over the wheel reports that Terry Link from Canada Southern posted on STMFC.  Lots of great info and so far at least two for MWR cars.   I lost the link for one but here here is one of MWR 1264 loaded with 15 tons of paint that is billed to Carteret NJ!

http://www.canadasouthern.com/...-consists-021345.htm

Just noticed that Terry has the entire set of consists available as an .XLSX file.   Downloaded and it has five different MWX cars listed, everything from EMPTY to EMPTY TANKS to CORN to COTTON WASTE !

Gene D posted:

MWB

The door hardware was obtained from Grandt Line for the top door hangers,  latches from MacLeod Western (available from Foothill Model Supply), door guides from San Juan Car Company.  The last part was an extra sprue from a kit.   San Juan does not sell their parts separately. 

Gene

Thank you.