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Rmj 199411.Pdf - Railmodel Journal Staff Publisher: Larry Bell Editor: Robert Schleicher Regular Contributors: Louis A. Marre, Diesels Jim Eager, Today's Modeling Todd Sullivan, (c. 1960-1969) Modeling John Nehrich (c. 1945-1959)Modeling Richard Hendrickson, (c. 1940-1949) November 1994 Volume 6, Number 6 Modeling Tom Hood, Canadian Modeling Robert Higgins, Model Locomotives Doug Gurin (Layout Design SIG Layout All Scales: Operations: Design 10 Auto Rack Cars In Action Rick Brendel, Electronics Modeling Industry: Art Director: Joe Simpson 17 Pittsburgh's Ice Plant Graphic Design: Stuart Leuthner Techniques: Circulation Director: Sherri Patterson 20 Your Top Tips, Reader's "Belter Ideas" for modeling Phone: (303) 296-1600 40 Weathering Diesels With Powdered Pastel Chalks Fax: (303) 295-2159 Time Capsule: Contributions: Mail to 2403 Champa St.. Denver, 59 ATSF Extra 26, Marceline, Missouri. July 19, 1992 CO 80205. All material must be accompanied by return postage. We assume no liability or respon­ sibility for loss or damage to material. Any mater­ HO Scale: ial accepted is subject to such revision as is neces­ the Cover: Techniques: On This ice slorage sary in our sole discretion to meet the require­ 4 Rock Island Auto Rack from Walthers Kit building served all of Pitts­ ments of the publication. Payment will be made 21 Upgrading C&BT Shops 40-Foot Santa Fe Reefer Kits burgh's produce terminal and within 45 days of publication, unless previous 39 Kit-Conversion: Athearn 5250-to-4600 Covered Hopper more. Dick Schweiger buill the arrangements have been made in writing, at our 56 Upgrading MDC's 60-foot Flat Car on current rates which cover the author's and/or con­ 62 Experience - At Your Fingertips, more of what's in model as illustrated pages tributor's right, title and interest in and to the this issue from articles in previous issues 17-19. The Santa Fe 40-foOl material mailed, including but not limited to pho­ reefers are also the subjecl of a Locomotive Performance: tographs, drawings, charts and designs, which kit-upgrade article lhal begins I I Summary of All Previous Locomotive Test Reports shall be considered as text. The act of mailing the 12 Stewart GE U25B Test Report on page 21. manuscript and/or material shall constitute an express warranty that the material is original and Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: in no way an infringement upon the rights of oth­ 14 GE U25B as Milwaukee 5000 ers. Readers: note that the procedures and mate­ Freight Cars: rials contained in the various articles in this mag­ 27 Santa Fe Steel-Sheathed Ice Bunker Reefers from C&BT Shops Kits azine are presented in good faith but that no war­ 35 ACF CF 5250 Center Flow Four-Bay Covered Hoppers from Athearn or ranty is given and no results guaranteed from any Bachmann models use of this material. Nor is any freedom from 42 40-foot PS-I Box Cars from Intermountain, Con-Cor, McKean, other patent or copyright implied. Since there is Model Power, Cannonball or Walthers kits no way for us to control the application of materi­ Layout Tour: al presented in this magazine, Golden Bell Press 48 Kurt E.P. Mirisch Sr.'s Kay-Gee Canyon Lines and the respective editors, authors, photographers and illustrators disclaim any liability for untoward results and/or for any physical injury that may be N Scale: incurred by using any of the material published in Techniques: this magazine. 6 Upgrading Con-Car's Auto Rack Cars 8 Micro-Trains Couplers for Con-Cor's Auto Rack Cars Advertising Director: Robert Bickley Locomotive Performance: 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205 II Summary of All Previous Locomotive Test Reports Telephone (303) 296-1600; Fax: (303) Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: 295-2159 14 GE U25B as Milwaukee 5000 Advertising Policy: Railmodel Journal will Freight Cars: accept advertising only from manufacturers, 35 ACF CF 5250 Center Flow Four-Bay Covered Hoppers from authorized direct importers, publishers and Atlas or Bachmann models 42 40-foot PS-I Box Cars from Micro-Trains or Atlas models distributors for their products. No dealer or 16 Rock Island 40-foot Box Car from Micro-Trains model discount mail order advertising - no discount ads of any type - will be accepted. Publisher reserves the right to reject copy, o Scale: text and/or illustrations or complete ads. Locomotive Performance: RAILMODEL JOURNAL is published 12 J I Summary of All Previous Locomotive Test Reports times a year by Golden Bell Press, 2403 Champa Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: St., Denver, CO 80205. Price per single copy is 14 GE U25B as Milwaukee 5000 $2.95, or $28.00 per year in the U.S.A. Individual Freight Cars: copy prices higher in Canada and other countries. 35 ACF CF 5250 Center Flow Four-Bay Covered Hoppers from Foreign subscriptions $36.00 for 12 issues, Weaver kits payable in U.S. funds. RAILMODEL JOURNAL, 42 40-foot PS-I Box Cars from Weaver kits ISSN 1043-5441, copyright 1994 by Golden Bell Press. All rights reserved. Second Class Postage paid at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send Departments: address changes to Railmodel Journal, 2403 47 Calendar Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. 34, 46, 64, 65. New Products RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 3 TECHNIQUES ROCK ISLAND AUTO RACK FROM WALTHERS HO SCALE KIT By Mike Daniels Modify the sides of the basic rack, the extra side panels needed. extend the individual panels, and cre­ Use a rectangular file to remove the pair of raised and lowered ribs from one ate a replica of this Rock Island auto ends of the T-shaped supports for the set of side panels. Cement that set of two rack. sides before painting or assembling the ribs to the tops of the first set of small model. panels. The goal is to fill the small open­ This Rock Island auto rack differs from Use a razor saw to remove the top ings with the modified panels. the prototypes for the Walthers HO ribs from all the large panels on both kits Paint the model before installing the scale and Con-Cor N scale models. The as shown in the drawings. Use the razor side panels. I mixed equal parts Floquil tops of each of the vertical posts on again to remove the top rib from one set 110056 GN Blue and 1100 11 Reefer both these kits terminate in aT-shaped of large panels. The goal here is to make White for the Rock Island Blue and used support for the roof rail. On this proto­ new large side panels that will not have 110100 Old Silver for the roof and type, the vertical supports lack that T­ the notched upper corners. Test-fit the 110144 Platinum Mist for the sides. The shaped support. The sides on the panels as you make each cut to be sure decals are a combination of Herald King Schaefer kit (shown in the June 1992 the panels completely fill the openings in F-54l (for the fl at car side sills) and issue of "The Journal") match the the sides. Microscale 817 and 87-705 fo r the upper Rock Island car, but I preferred the Remove the top two rows of ribs (one portion of the sides and ends. detail and size of the Walthers model. I raised rib and one lowered rib) from all RMJ used two kits; the second kit supplied the small side panels. Remove the next Remove first two Remove rows off small Shaded Replace with a side panel Replace with a full width Rib Full width raised (one raised & one lowered) raised lowered row rib from extra & from extra sides ! side panel ! ! I L modified stock modified stock Walthers Walthers side panel side panel (small) (large) Remove the shaded "tee" portions of vertical supports Put in new modified side panels �J 1. � PAGE 4 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 5 TECHNIQUES UPGRADING CON-CDR'S N SCALE AUTO RACKS By Robert Schleicher Replace the side panels on the Con­ Cor auto rack with etched brass parts from N Scale of Nevada to capture the "see through" appearance of the pro- totype cars. An index of previous arti­ cles in. this series on upgrading N scale equipment to match typical HO scale models appears on pages 62-63 of this issue. Before .. And after. New etched metal side panels and Micro- Trains couplers bring the Con-Cor N scale auto rack much closer to being a dead- accurate replica of the prototype car. A close-up of the side panels on a ty pical prototype auto Use a jeweler's screwdriver to gently pry the side panels from rack. - J. Fred Coots, Jr., photo the Con-Cor model. Remove all the side panels. The model will not require painting for this upgrade. PAGE 6 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Etched brass side panels for the Con-Cor model are $12.00 Use a sharp hobby knife to slice through the small tab s that plus $7.00 shipping and handling from N Scale of Nevada, hold the panels to the sprue. 15150 Sheri-K- Bar, Reno, NV 89511. The kit also includes finer ladder castings, but they have not been applied to this model to avoid the need to repaint the sides. Gently rub the cut edges of the panels on a flat file to Use a straight pin to apply a small dab of thickened hobby­ remove any traces of the metal sprue. Test-fit each panel to ty pe cy anoacrylate cement to the four edges of each recess.
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