Quality and resonable replica of the N&W heavy's?

[NW Modeling List]

Branchline makes the ³single window² 78¹ car kit in several road names
including N & W.  You can build it a various levels of detail, but it takes
a lot of alteration to allow the trucks to swivel freely on curves as broad
as 32² r.  F & C also made a resin Pg coach  kit.  The F & C is probably the
most accurate model of an N & W Pg, but by far is also the most expensive!
I have one F & C car just about to receive its paint job and two Branchline
cars waiting to be built.  I don¹t really like the color on the Branchline
cars, but after hearing all considerations, I will leave it alone.  Walthers
makes a ³paired window² car painted for N & W which I haven¹t seen yet.  The
other plus for these cars compared to the Spectrum is the roof line.  The
PRR P-70s had a distinctly lower clerestory roof.   Eastern Car Works also
made a P-70 painted for N & W.  I put a new higher clerestory roof on mine
which helps to disguise the PRR look.  Walthers has come out with new
versions of most of the heavyweight passenger cars they used to sell 45
years ago ­ wooden bodies with metal sides and ends.  I have one of their
old 75¹ single window coaches which I just recently built after all this
time.  It is not quite as long as the N&W cars (or as long as the
Branchline, F & C, ECW, etc.)  I wonder if they plan to come out with a new
version of a 75 ­ 80 foot single window coach.

Bob Folsom


On 2/20/07 2:51 PM, "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> I've done exactly as Marty suggests with my Spectrum coaches and diner.  The

> biggest issue with the Spectrum coach is that it's based on the PRR P-70,

> which is a "paired window" car.  The N&W Pg was a "single window" car.

> Several recent offerings (e.g. Branchline, among others) have the same issue.

> From six feet away 99% won't see the difference.  If that doesn't bother you,

> go for it!

>  

> Dave Phelps

>  

> In a message dated 2/20/2007 7:38:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

>> The  coach, combine, and diner all make decent stand-ins right out of the

>> box.  The coach is a PG, the combine a BPd, and the diner a DE.   If you

>> wanted to make them closer, I'd probably start with the roofs of  the coach

>> and the combine by removing the vents on top.  The biggest  problem with the

>> diner appears to be the doors.  The model has them  on opposite ends of the

>> car, while the DE had both doors on the same  end.  The observation needs

>> some major window alterations to even  resemble an N&W business car.

>> 

>> Marty Flick

>> 

>> ----- Original  Message -----

>> From: "NW Modeling List"  <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>> To:  <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

>> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:01  PM

>> Subject: Quality and resonable replica of the N&W  heavy's?

>> 

>> 

>>> > Gentlemen:

>>> >

>>> > A question to the group at  large, how would you rate the Bachmann

>>> > Spectrum Heavy

>>> > weight  passenger cars, sample Walthers Cat Part # 160-89410, relative to

>>> >  basic

>>> > quality of the replication of the Coach, Combine, Diner, and  Observation

>>> > cars,

>>> > the color, laydown of the trucks, basic  scale and shape of window

>>> > arrangements,

>>> > doors, vents,  undercarrige etc... vs the original N&W passenger period

>>> >  equipment?

>>> >

>>> > Thanks

>>> > Eric Raitch

>>> >

>>> >

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