As mentioned previously, Resin Car Works honcho Frank Hodina is helping Martin Lofton’s family sell remaining hobby items. This time a few brass models are available.
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Central of New Jersey boxcar group build, pt 3
Jerry Hamsmith returns with another installment of the box car group kit build.
The group building this kit (Ed Rethwisch, Bob Hanmer, Allen DeBraal, Jerry Zeman, and myself) now turns to the car body details.
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Resin Car Works honcho Frank Hodina is helping Martin Lofton’s family sell the remaining Sunshine Models inventory. A few items are available now. As of May 10, 2024, all kits listed on this post are sold out.
Central of New Jersey boxcar group build, pt 2
Jerry Hamsmith shares part two of the Central of New Jersey automobile box car build.
This post continues the discussion of the addition of the underframe details. The first post ended with the observation that the AB control valve and the reservoir were placed on the same side of the center sill. Although that was common practice on converted brake system cars with deep fishbelly center sills, it was not as common on cars with a standard center sill as on this CNJ car.
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