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Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 1:04 am
by KSaarni
speedgraflex wrote:
Oh, did not really pay attention to the scale, until I saw these two pics!
And then scrolling back to actualy pics of the kit, very very nice details.
This will be great Bruce!
- Kari
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:22 am
by Stikpusher
Isn’t 1/87 scale HO railroad scale? Or is that OO?
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:55 am
by Medicman71
The decals look great Bruce!
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 1:17 pm
by Duke Maddog
Brilliant painting and decal work Bruce! You're doing a sensational job! I am constantly astounded at the realism you apply to these railroad subjects!
Carlos, this is 1/87 scale which is the US HO scale. HO/OO is 1/76 scale AKA British HO scale.
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 3:11 pm
by speedgraflex
Mike! How goes your move? Thank you so much for your kind words!
Thank you for your comments, Kari. These kits date from the Seventies and are extremely well detailed and designed. In fact, these kits are still being sold today through the Walther’s Railroad Catalog, a phenomenal state of affairs for a kit that is narrow gauge, meaning it won’t fit or run on standard gauge tracks. Since we live for details, I chose a kit from the earlier runs, expecting clean plastic, zero flash and well written instructions. The real bummer would be the instructions which are crammed on one page; however, these just take time to decode. It’s not a Tamiya kit, but it is made with integrity.
Carlos, well Mark answered your question perfectly, so in the same breath as thanking you for writing I want to thank Mark for his answers. You’re both aces.
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2021 4:54 pm
by speedgraflex
I ordered R/Robb archbar trucks and wheel sets and I am excited that the package will be delivered today! Robert was the brother of Cliff at Grant Line RR products, and a very talented photographer. I’m curious to see how well these “gems” sparkle today. I’ll update when I have them.
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:24 am
by speedgraflex
The new old stock R/Robb brass trucks and wheel sets are terrific! I had to ream out the centerline posts (kit versions are plastic and good for plastic) and replace them with new brass posts, but I am using the kit washers. Exciting, but I remember now why I switched from HOn3 to On3… dem parts are tiny.
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:51 pm
by Duke Maddog
Beautiful! I am suitably impressed Bruce! I agree, the parts can be tiny indeed. I love seeing this as I wanted to modify my German Armored Train to run on an HO track by changing all the wheels to these kind of trucks. After starting and seeing how extremely difficult the assembly was, I discarded that idea and just built it out of the box. It still took me a year and nine months!
Looking forwards to seeing more Bruce!
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 1:07 pm
by Stikpusher
Model Railroads, the only models that you’re supposed to play with
Re: 1:87 USN Pearl Harbor Supply Depot Boxcar, Oahu, 1943.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:06 pm
by speedgraflex
Hahaha, thank you, Carlos! What about these tasty kits?
Arkmodel 1/48
Tamiya 1/16
And RC planes?
Duke Maddog wrote:Beautiful! I am suitably impressed Bruce! I agree, the parts can be tiny indeed. I love seeing this as I wanted to modify my German Armored Train to run on an HO track by changing all the wheels to these kind of trucks. After starting and seeing how extremely difficult the assembly was, I discarded that idea and just built it out of the box. It still took me a year and nine months!
Looking forwards to seeing more Bruce!
Thank you, Mark!