[RITSlist] Flat Cars

[Joe Sindelar]

Bob,

 

Thanks for the info.  I have made a rivet making tool by taking a wood
dowel rod, drilling a hole 

in one end and gluing a sewing needle in the hole.  I take a fine file
and round off the end of the

needle.  You can use whatever size dowel rod feels most comfortable in
your hands.  You can

use this tool to press rivets into thin plastic sheet.

 

Joe

 

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From: okfrstrobert at wowway.com [mailto:okfrstrobert at wowway.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:35 PM
To: Joe Sindelar; ritslist at simpson.edu
Cc: okfrstrobert at wowway.com
Subject: Re: [RITSlist] Flat Cars

 

Joe:

I have built three of the "streched" flats (one of each style) using the
P2K flat as a starting point, along with Steve Hile's decal sets. I
didn't get carried away on some of the minor changes, like the end
sills, but did scratchbuild the splice plates (the most visible detail)
from Evergreen .010" styreen and added the rivet heads scraped from an
Accurail box I was rebuilding into a welded side car. They came out
well, and the idea for reusing the rivet heads to make the splice plates
came from Ted Culotta's method's that he featured in some of his RMC frt
car stories over the last few years. It IS time consuming to do,
however, and it's tough to get the shaved off rivits perfectly the same
size, so if you need more than two or three flats, Ross's plan for a
"kit" for these cars might work out better. I understand Tichy now sells
pkgs of "rivets" in several sizes, so this could also be used if you
prefer.

Take this for what it might be worth. If Ross does these flats, I'd
probably get several, although I don't need too many.

Bob Massey    

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:21:32 -0500, Joe Sindelar wrote 
> RITSList, 
>   
> I want to thank everyone who responded to my flat car question.  In
doing 
> a little additional research I believe the Proto 53'-6" AAR Flat car
is a good 
> match for Rock Island's 91100-91599 series flat cars.  There is a
photo of one 
> of these cars on Jeff Prince's great website hauling a wrecked covered
hopper. 
> It also seems the Proto car may be a good starting point for Rock
Island's 
> rebuilt and lengthened flat cars.  The length seems to match the ORER
and it has the 
> correct number of stake pockets.  The end sill needs to be thinned
somewhat 
> and the center stake pocket is offset in the wrong direction from the
car centerline 
> but these are minor changes.  Splice plates would also have to be
added. 
>   
> Joe 
>   
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