STEP 10A: The Ends for the 76500 – 76999 Series
Continued ...
Erie Railroad Boxcars Part 3 -
46c: Now for the tabs that the grab Irons mount
to. I cut four pieces of 4” x 6” stock and cemented
them to the bottom of the ends. The inside edges
are 2’-6” from the edge of the car. Once these
had completely dried, I filed a small taper on the
inside edge of each one. That completed the major
construction of the ends.
Now it is just a matter of making locating holes for
the grab irons, and on one end of each pair, the
foot-board brackets for the brake wheel. I made
the locating holes the same way as on the sides of
the car. Two or three turns with a #76 drill created
a little dimple in the styrene.
46c
MRH-Jun 2013
