NE&NY RR boxcar Scratchbuild

[GeorgeD]

Good to see you here, Mike.  Like the rest of us, I'm sure this isn't your first redo.  I'm watching too.

George

[Michael Hohn]

Thanks, George.

[Rick]

That's a great job of scratch building.

[elwoodblues]

Mike,

Nice recovery on the roof, you would never know you made a mistake.

[Michael Hohn]

Thank you, Rick and Ron.

[deemery]

So now you have a nice clean roof.  Will you add Murphy Roof style battens?  

NY&NE was usually badly cash-strapped, I'm kinda surprised they'd fork out for a metal roof.  

dave

[Philip]

Nice work Mike.

[Michael Hohn]

Nice work Mike.

Thanks, Philip.

[Michael Hohn]

So now you have a nice clean roof.  Will you add Murphy Roof style battens? 

NY&NE was usually badly cash-strapped, I'm kinda surprised they'd fork out for a metal roof. 

dave

Dave,

A drawing I have does not show battens, so, nope, no battens on this one.

I think these New England lines could be conservative in their engineering, hence the metal roof rather than the more modern double layer of wood.

Mike.

[deemery]

So now you have a nice clean roof.  Will you add Murphy Roof style battens? 

NY&NE was usually badly cash-strapped, I'm kinda surprised they'd fork out for a metal roof. 

dave

Dave,

A drawing I have does not show battens, so, nope, no battens on this one.

I think these New England lines could be conservative in their engineering, hence the metal roof rather than the more modern double layer of wood.

Mike.

Are you sure it's metal?  I'd be willing to guess painted canvas rather than metal, given the railroad and the era.

dave

[Michael Hohn]

The question whether the roof was covered in canvas or metal will have to go unresolved.  In his book on early freight cars, White says very little about canvas roofs and a lot on metal, so I'm going to go that way.

Meanwhile, I have been working on the underbody.  I have no plans to work from so I went with a generic look.  Here's the basic work of the timbers complete:



Truss rods added:



The bottom just slips into the upper assembly.

Here's a check of the car with trucks and couplers:



Some weights, a few more details, and it's ready for paint.

Mike

[deemery]

What are you using for angle irons?

dave

[Philip]

Nice work Michael!

[friscomike]

Howdy Mike,

The bottom of the car looks well done. Are you planning on adding any brake rigging?

Have fun,
mike

[jbvb]

Nice.