Batch-building Freight
Cars 101 – Part 2
–GuyCantwell
Model photos by author
Batch-building freight cars 101part 2 - 1
Tipsand tricks to
buildingdetailedcars
quickly ...
L
astmonth I gaveaquickoverviewof thebatch-building
process. Todemonstratehow theprocessmightwork, I
will run through itwitha setof fourProto2000 stockcars:
Proto2000 stock cars are someofmy favoritekits. I havebeen
bottom-feedingoneBay for P2Kkits since theearly2000s.
While these cars areprettyeasy tobuildbymost standards,
theydohave lotsof grabirons thatmust be cut out andglued
24-25: I startedwith four kits that havedifferent road
numbers (top). All theparts contained inone kit are
shownabove. Thereare78partsper kit.
on the car. I found separatelyappliedgrabirons and thetime
andeffort they take to install, tobe thehardest thing forme
toget used towhen I startedbuildingmoredetailedkits. I am
nowmore familiarwith theprocess and, since I like the lookof
thesegrabirons, I find itworth theextratimeandeffort.
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MRH-Apr2014
