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| Build a British Columbia Railway Box car from an Intermountain kit. | ||
| 50ft. PS-1 Box car |
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| BCR leased a
number of boxcars that were rebuilt in 1973 in the USA from
40' boxcars. They were numbered BCIT 80059 to 800079. |
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Intermountain Kit #40699 is the basis for our model. The side sills have to be reshaped. I did this by gluing a strip of Evergreen Polystyrene. The left side shows the strip glued in place. The same area at right is already reworked to the proper shape. |
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The ends are built as per
kit. I use a Kadee brake wheel and Detail Associates brake platform. Hand rail and cut lever are 0.012 brass. |
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| The corner
reinforcing plates were made from 0.005 brass sheet. The
rivets are pressed in from the back, 4 plates are needed. I made each in two pieces, top of the door runner and the bottom. |
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The A-end has a hand
rail, brackets are made with 0.005 brass strips. |
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| They are painted
BCR dark green and light green main door. Lettering is AWS-1064 and trucks used are Kato ASF A3 #31601. |
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| The B-end has a hand rail on the roof but no roof walk. | ||
| All pictures Andy Wegmuller | ||