These bolts were present on the prototype to fasten the interior wood lining. I did not think the molded-on bolt details were large enough so a sliced them off and replaced them with rivets harvested from a classic Athearn Blue Box 40-foot box car carcass. My source is a photo on page 138 of Speedwitch Media’s “The American Railway Association Standard Box Car of 1932.” Photo #1 One of them is an Atlas model of the Erie’s version of the ARA 1932 Standard box car, notable for its singular use of Buckeye ends along with a Viking roof.įor this blog entry I upgraded details for the “B” end of my model, stretching my skills in an attempt to do so as finely as possible. I am currently on a styrene kit kick working on eleven different steel box car kits. Bill sent the following update from his home planet. A portion taken from a 1952 Erie railroad freight car equipment diagram book.īill Welch has been up to his Xxtreme Modeler activities with recent projects.
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