Erie Railroad Boxcars Part 3 - 1
I decided to experiment with a new procedure (for
me at least). So the rest of the assembly is a mix
of detailing, painting, decaling, and assembling
the cars.
Now start’s the fun part. How well did I make the
masters? Now is the moment of truth. I found
that I needed to do some minor sanding on the
sides of the car. There are small distortions and
some flash that need to be removed. Also, I made
sure that the floor and the sides were of the same
length before I went any further.
Once I had paired up sides and floors, I began
adding details. I began by drilling out all of the
holes with a #78 drill where I had made the
locating divots. I started this process with the
75000-75999 series cars. On the sides I added
two Detail Associates (DA) #6209 22” grab irons.
On each side I also installed a Tichy ladder that
I cut down to 6 rungs. I had the Tichy ladders on
hand, but DA ladders FC 6207 would work also.
Finally I added Tichy #3042 angled stirrups that
are bottom-mount. DA stirrups could also be
used, but they were on backorder at the time.
That's all there is for the car sides.
The same process is repeated for the 76000-
76999 series cars, except that the Tichy ladders
are seven rungs tall on the sides.
Now to the ends; I began by adding a DA #2222
eye bolts for the uncoupling lever bracket to each
of the ends.
STEP 12: Detailing the Sides and Ends
Continued ...
MRH-Jun 2013
