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Model Railroading > UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 1983.Date: 09/17/17 09:46 UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 1983. Author: obsessedfoamer Only 6 years old, starting to show her age!
   Date: 09/17/17 09:49 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: ghemr Great work-----I'm certainly glad you're obsessed!!
Date: 09/17/17 15:32 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: atsf5701 What did you use to make the cables?
Date: 09/17/17 15:49 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: grahamline HO? Scratchbuilt? Kit? RTR?
Date: 09/17/17 17:35 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: Notch16 Love the paint abrasions from lading. Nicely done!
~ BZ Date: 09/17/17 18:45 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: funnelfan Very nice! Always wondered why ExactRail didn't offer this car in TTX and a few other schemes.
Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 09/18/17 09:28 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: binder001 Delightful work and nice subtle weathering/wear.
Gary B. Waverly, NE Date: 09/18/17 12:20 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: SantaFeRuss That's a nice looking center beam car! Nice work.
SantaFeRuss Date: 09/20/17 15:08 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: RAS funnelfan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Very nice! Always wondered why ExactRail didn't > offer this car in TTX and a few other schemes. The TTX cars aren't all Thralls; many are Gunderson knockoffs to the Thrall design (TTX class GSH 64). Even those TTX cars that are Thralls (TTX Class TSH 64), there are some subtle detail variations that don't match the EXR model, the most obvious being the large lifting eye on the bulkhead sides. That's not to say that EXR couldn't paint their model as a stand-in, but they chose not to on the first and only run so far given the detail differences. Pic 1 shows a Thrall TTX car photographed at Weed, CA, back in 2001. Note the lifting eye on the bulkhead, absent on the EXR model. Pic 2 shows a Gunderson TTX car photographed at Black Butte, CA, in 2000. Pic 3 shows a modern scheme they could do - a repainted early BN car in BNSF brown, car photographed in Bend, OR, in July 2007. Note the lack of the large lifting eye on the bulkhead as compared to the TTX cars above. Rick Selby Redmond, WA Pacific Northwest RPM    Date: 09/21/17 09:38 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: Hookdragkick Killing it each time with a new car! That centerbeam looks good.
Date: 09/21/17 12:10 Re: UP 217004 is headed back to Portland Oregon on Sept 17th, 198 Author: SPDRGWfan grahamline Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > HO? Scratchbuilt? Kit? RTR? That's one of the RTR ExactRail Thrall 63' Centerbeam flat cars (sold out) https://exactrail.com/collections/archive-1/products/x-thrall-63-opera-window-center-beam-flat-car-up I have one unweathered so the subject here is inspiration when I get a work-bench set up again. Cheers, Jim  |