1:20.3 Outside Braced Box Cars

Very nice job, but if it were me I would make the planks wider. The narrow planking as per the original retains the look of a standard gauge car. IMO only.
 
Woderwick said:
Very nice job, but if it were me I would make the planks wider. The narrow planking as per the original retains the look of a standard gauge car. IMO only.
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I can certainly see that...And if I had it to do all over again I may have gone with wider. But once the glue set I was committed (or should be)! :bigsmile:
 
Dreg said:
It is unusual Steve but as I was doing my "research" I came across a couple of examples, links below.

I built these for my "imaginary" railroad, the L&I (Named after my kids, hence the name 'Leahville & Iansburg)...As the line is run by a bunch of clowns they are infamous for not always following industry standards. :bigsmile:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geepstir/6233118124/in/set-72157627742153985
http://www.hawaiianrailway.org/historian/Articles/StrangerParadise.html
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The first link's not working but the last one was one of the Hawaii boxcars I was thinking of, I like the corrugated steel roof it has too has a change to the usual zinc sheets.
 
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