Lite and Narrow Column - 9
15
15: The 36’ car attached to the underframe. Note the end
sills are not yet filed even with the car sides. They also
need a metal corner plate attached to them.
ladders were replaced using information from the bill of mate-
rials in the ET books on the freight cars, using scale 2 x 3s and
adding rungs made from .010” styrene rod. This gives a more
realistic and delicate appearance to the ladders.
ET&WNC 428
Boxcar 428 was built in June 1924 as part of a group of five cars.
The car body had an inside length of 32’ and was of all-wood
construction. It had fabricated steel body bolsters and Simplex
trucks. The car was retired in December, 1945.
My kit was from Train and Trooper, best known for their Maine
two-foot equipment. This kit was just rereleased by Mt. Blue
with the problems I encountered corrected and upgraded. The
kit is a laser-cut kit with full interior so the doors can be left
open. All ET cars had tin or galvanized roofs and the new kit has
been modified to represent this. For the car that I built, I took
MRH-Feb 2013
