I started to build a Borden's butterdish milk car in N scale but ran into a couple of dimension problems. Realizing that It would be easier to start over again I took what I had and made it into a freelance car for my own road the Piermont Dock Railway. I put on a round top door with a porthole in it and added the wings from .005" styrene. It's not quite done as only one side is decaled and not yet oversprayed. Check it out.
Scratchbuilt Borden's butterdish milk car.
- Thread starter Blake
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Blake,
Nice model, I like the paint scheme! Where can I get drawings of the car, they showed up frequently on the D&H.
Pete
Nice model, I like the paint scheme! Where can I get drawings of the car, they showed up frequently on the D&H.
Pete
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Catt
Looks great, and a hard to find car type too. I promise we won't turn you over to the Prototype Police
Quick work...
..., having just seen this car on Blake's paint booth pedestal a few hours ago. Truely a beauty.
I would offer Blake one piece of advice, clean uP that workbench!
Mark
..., having just seen this car on Blake's paint booth pedestal a few hours ago. Truely a beauty.
I would offer Blake one piece of advice, clean uP that workbench!
Mark
I have posted more photos of the now finished car under the Photo section. here is the URL:
More photos of Nyack Dairy milk car.
More photos of Nyack Dairy milk car.
Thank you for all of your kind comments. The proprietors at the Nyack Dairy are very happy with the responses and so is the work force at the PDR shops.
Lookin good blake I would like to do a borden car someday. Do you know a good place to get plans for these cars? I remember something in RMC with drawings, but I can't find it now.
BTW: what size is your N scale layout?
Chris
I would like to do a borden car someday. Do you know a good place to get plans for these cars? I remember something in RMC with drawings, but I can't find it now.BTW: what size is your N scale layout?
Chris
That was a 2 part article in RMC. March & April 1986. I have a tiny layout that is kind of on hold as I am rebuilding part of it. It is 2' X 8' with 2 levels. The top level has a scenery divider down the center with a hidden staging yard in the back. The grades are terrible as it is like a folded loop. When I rebuild it I will only have 1 grade and a reverse loop on the bottom level with another staging yard. All the yards just keep me from getting bored. Also, I am changing over to Atlas code 55 on the exposed portion.
