These are the heavy bakelite cars. I have 3 of these cars, all have window strips in bad condition. Don't know why, they are only 70 years old. Does anyone know a source for a similar replacement? I don't want to use silhouette strips and am hoping to find replacements as close to the original as possible.
Thanks...Rich
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Rich,
I used frosted plastic molding price rail strips that Pathmark used on their grocery shelves. The chain is no longer in business but these strips fit in place pretty good. They came in 4 foot strips.
I have the same set. The GG1 with 2625 madison cars.
I have the same problem. Hope you get an easy answer. Don
Go to any art supply store and buy translucent/frosted acetate sheets and cut your own. That's what I did.
I do the same thing as Wild Mary. In fact I bought a 8 1/2 by 11 pad of the translucent sheets and use them for many applications. But when you are replacing the material in your Madison car, you will probably want to replace all four pieces in each car as the new material does not have that yellowed appearance of the original, so will look much different.
You can also do the same thing if you have missing window material in the original 2400 series passenger cars - before they went to passengers in the windows.
While taking out my recycling to tomorrow's pick up it dawned on me that plastic gal jugs that juice and milk come in would make perfect translucent window inserts. Just thought I'd pass that along. I'm always on the lookout for everyday items that can repurposed for model railroading.
Does anyone have suggestions as to how to make the new plastic strips easily fit on the tabs on the frames?
No, but annealing the tabs with a clean soldering iron should help keep them from snapping.
To spot glue, canopy cement and window/lens maker from companies like Testors are c rystalarystal clear w& wont fog plastic. (even frosted,fog can show up from other glues) Goofle spellwreck strikes again!.
Report folders and art supply shops are easiest sources and likely best match outside of plain repops for modern cars. I find most new windows to be too white and opaque.
Evergreen or PLASTRUCT clear plastic sheets as the outer window layer.
A vinyl shower curtain that is a frosty white color can be cut down and used as light diffusing window shades.
Andrew
Thank you. Larry, does that part have the indentations? I can't find a picture.
i would believe that the replacement parts would fit like the originals.
Call Brasseur and ask them.
Larry
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