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 - -------------- Original message ---------------------- 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 > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > http://EL-List.railfan.net/ > To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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