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(erielack) Branchline 40' boxcar news

Thanks to Rob for forwarding this to me from the Freight Car list... for
those of you who bought one of Branchline's Erie 40' boxcars, read on... :)


- -----Original Message-----
From: bill <"bill_@_branchline-trains.com">
To: The Freightcars List <"freightcars_@_sunny16.photo.tntech.edu">
Cc: "HAWK0621_@_aol.com" <HAWK0621@aol.com>; rhendrickson@opendoor.com
<"rhendrickson_@_opendoor.com">
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 11:58 AM
Subject: [FC] Branchline 40' boxcar news


>Friends and fellow freight car list members...
>
>A few weeks ago we shipped the first batch of our 40' Blueprint Series =
>boxcar kits. These cars were to be the second major series of kits in =
>our Blueprint line. After the initial release we discovered that these =
>cars scale out approximately 8" too long in the body and 1 scale foot =
>too long (.1377 inch, or slightly more than 1/8" actual) in wheelbase. =
>This was due to an inaccurate dimension on one of the drawings that we =
>used to tool the kit. As you can imagine, this was not good news! The =
>discrepancy is noticeable only when our car is positioned next to =
>another 40' boxcar or if the modeler attempts to kitbash our car using =
>aftermarket roofs, frames or roofwalks. This error is present in all of =
>our Blueprint Series 40' boxcars. This error is NOT present in any of =
>the other existing or upcoming Branchline kits for which tooling has =
>been completed!
>
>Branchline Trains has tried to achieve a high level of accuracy in our =
>Blueprint series kits. This type of error is not consistent with that =
>goal and as a result we are going to re-tool the incorrect sections of =
>these cars in order to correct the problem. However, due to our =
>extremely busy tooling schedule it will be some time before this re-tool =
>can be completed. We ARE committed to correcting the problem and will do =
>our best to be sure that this type of error never happens again!
>
>Thanks for your understanding,
>
>Bill Schneider
>Branchline Trains
>

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