G4 War Emergency Gondolas

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Mike Shockley wrote:
> I am building a Funaro Camerlengo resin kit and noticed in the archives
> that my interpretation of the drawing of the dreadnaught (used generically
> by me...) shows the profile of the end in a couple of places. This drawing
> seems to disagree with the pictures of the G4...the raised parts are
> actually supposed to be valleys, etc. At least I think that is what the
> drawing shows, and pretty sure the lighting from the top on the picture
> shows what I described. Anybody have an insight?  Here are the numbers
> from the archive: 

First, adding links:

> Photo - NW02844
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=20365
> NW Mech Dwg - NW-C39954
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=15951

N&W Mechanical drawing D39947 is also helpful:
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=5739

Mike,
>From the Arrangement drawing D39947, the section views on the right side
of the drawing show that the 'points' of the top and bottom of the formed
ends point toward the inside of the car.  This is important information
in that it help to orient the section views on C39954.  The two vertical
sections of the right (sections E-E and F-F) are thus oriented with the
inside of the car end on the right and the outside on the left.  The five
half-sections on the bottom (A-A, B-B, C-C-, D-D, G-G) are looking down
(or up) on the car end with the inside of the car to the bottom of the
drawing and the outside of the end to the top.

Based on that orientation, the drawing appears to match the photo.

Joe Shaw
Christiansburg, VA
http://www.krunk.org/