The Erie Railroad Boxcars Part 3- 17
Don Hanley is the Assistant Editor
for MRH, and is interested in the
Erie Railroad, specifically the
Huntington, Indiana area during
the 1950s. Don has had numberous
articles published in Mainline
Modeler and MRH Magazines
describing various structures and
rolling stock detailing projects.
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57: Next the mounts for the running board
corners were made. Well actually after I had
painted the running board corners. It really didn’t
matter, but they could have been done earlier and
I wouldn’t have needed to get the airbrush out
again, simplifying things.
STEP 14: The Running Boards
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STEP 14: The Running Boards
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The mounts were made from DA .010" x .030"
brass stock. These strips were bent over the
grab iron jig. The short legs were bent over the
short end of the jig and are16” long. The long
legs were just cut longer than the corner running
board pieces. They were trimmed after they were
installed. This part of the corner mounts will be
cemented under the main running boards.
When I went to install the corner boards, I
discovered that the legs were too long and
needed to be trimmed approximately 6”. This was
no problem. Using nippers, I trimmed them to fit
when they were installed.
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58: Lastly I needed to make the end supports
for the running boards. These are delicate
MRH-Jun 2013
