New project - 36' wood truss boxcar; ca. 1900 - 1930's or so

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New project - 36' wood truss boxcar; ca. 1900 - 1930's or so

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The trucks are just placeholders; I have a set of steel-bolstered archbars in progress.
Any comments on details, etc? This is a little bit outside what I've been working on lately :)
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Nice! I say make the running board a bit wider, and possibly make the door wider. I'll need to check some drawings to get a door and running board width for you.
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Now, this is real sweet, Curtis. :D I like that! :wink: (I won't have to re-skin these. :lol: )
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Those do look nice! I usually don't download much SG stuff, but I think this is a must have! 8) I think these trucks actually look kinda nice under it though.

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Thanks, Ben for any additional dimensions. Current overall dimensions are: 36' long, 9' wide, and 12'9" rail to top of running boards.

And, for you narrow-minded people; :lol:
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It's a 24' long, 36" gauge flatcar. I'm aiming for a semi-generic Carter Brothers car, ca 1880's / 1890's. It's shown sitting on a set of Slugsmasher's trucks (that it will probably keep.)

This will support cordwood, as well as some of the other generic flatcar loads.
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Okay, I got some dimensions. The roof walk should be 1.5 feet wide, side doors should be 5 feet wide.
Cheers,
Ben
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Lookin' good Curtis.
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Muchas gracias, Ben!
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That little flatcar looks niiiicce pencil! :D I have a few similair projects that I need to work on...

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Post by Dreadnought1 »

That's a little beauty of a NG flatcar!

One question: If the Auran general goods loads are set up for it, will they be horizontal like some of the other NG cars or vertical? I always think the vertical ones look extremely unstable (especially seeing there's no stapping or guy-wires). I know you can't load as many but it does look more realistic.

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Another update on the boxcar:
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Still need to do some texturing on the trucks, but otherwise, I think it's getting close....
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Very very nice!

It appears that the lower side corner brace is one pixle off. (Too low.) :(
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Good eye - thank you!
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OK, undecorated beta is now available at: http://www.carsoncarshops.com/files/36_boxcar.cdp
I have some LoD work and some thumbnails to finish up, then it will also be ready for the DLS - enjoy!!
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Next in the series; a 36' flatcar and ventilated boxcar - I hope to have these ready for beta this weekend...
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