Post by dazed on Dec 29, 2016 12:40:48 GMT -5
I think I already know the answer to this but...was there ever AZL tooling for the round hatch version(s) of the ACF 3-Bay Covered Hopper roof?
I received my Black Friday ACF's and my plan is to remove the WP-lettering from the WP cars to create generic/spartan ACFX hoppers. I think a lot/most of these cars had hatches versus the troughs used in grain service so as I was working on removing lettering last night I started looking at the possibilities. Once I had the walkways removed, I started wondering if AZL ever actually did this tooling. Not that they actually keep parts for sale (boo) but if they exist(ed) it might be worth finding and making a resin copy of the piece.
Otherwise, this obviously would be a perfect thing to design/create using Shapeways so that might be the next step. I can scratchbuild the hatch lids and file down the troughs and be fine for ONE, but if was going to do a handful it might be worthwhile to be able to duplicate the process more easily. So either a resin copy of that or SW would be the best options probably.
Another "already know the answer" but...are the roofwalk parts available separately? (had to ask)
I was able to carefully remove the one last night and it looks like I can reinstall it fairly easy but I imagine there is at least some risk that one of them might not be so cooperative.
I received my Black Friday ACF's and my plan is to remove the WP-lettering from the WP cars to create generic/spartan ACFX hoppers. I think a lot/most of these cars had hatches versus the troughs used in grain service so as I was working on removing lettering last night I started looking at the possibilities. Once I had the walkways removed, I started wondering if AZL ever actually did this tooling. Not that they actually keep parts for sale (boo) but if they exist(ed) it might be worth finding and making a resin copy of the piece.
Otherwise, this obviously would be a perfect thing to design/create using Shapeways so that might be the next step. I can scratchbuild the hatch lids and file down the troughs and be fine for ONE, but if was going to do a handful it might be worthwhile to be able to duplicate the process more easily. So either a resin copy of that or SW would be the best options probably.
Another "already know the answer" but...are the roofwalk parts available separately? (had to ask)
I was able to carefully remove the one last night and it looks like I can reinstall it fairly easy but I imagine there is at least some risk that one of them might not be so cooperative.
