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RE: (erielack) EL bay window caboose width?



Paul...

Oh yeah, while you're at it with the tape measure, could you also tell me how long the body of the caboose is?  If I interpret the EL diagrams correctly, the series 301-350 cabooses were about 1 foot longer than the C351-370 cars.  I'm wondering if the Athearn caboose body is too long for the C351 cars?

- -pat    


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From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>
>
> Pat Moore wrote about making an EL bay-window caboose...
> 
> 
> > I'm also eager to see!  Seriously, though, once I'm sure of 
> > the width of the real thing, I'll go from there.  I'll 
> > probably use the regular-cupola model because it will be 
> > easier.  I will probably take the bays from the Walthers 
> > model or cut them off an old Athearn model.  
> 
> You'd probably be better off just scratchbuilding the bay from styrene
> like Jim did - the Walthers bay has a bunch of issues, and the Athearn
> one has all those rivets (and a too-tall window)
> 
> 	- Paul
> 
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