ber at this point.) I did mention this to San Juan, and they are amenable to of- fering the twelve-window sides with the arched ends, so check back with them in the future if you want to build this style of car. I walked through all the styles here because of how San Juan incorporated tabs and slots into the same locations in the pieces for assembly. Any roof can go with any side, which all mate with any floor and end. This flexibility makes the possibilities endless, and for the freelancer, who is not constrained by strict adherence to prototype, this can lead to a field day. From an assem- bly stand point, these parts are ex- tremely well designed. Frankly, unless your vision is 20/240 or you hit the bot- tle of brown liquor on the workbench frequently and use your elbows to posi- tion parts, you will have no trouble as- sembling the components into a square and straight car body. Then it will be just a matter of obtaining the various finishing
Grandt Line for parlor cars or different coaches. Again, the possibilities are vir- tually endless.
These parts are nothing short of a boon to builders of narrow gauge pas- senger equipment in O scale. The fit and detail are absolutely excellent. I urge everyone to purchase some parts and get building. No. 5200 Sides & Ends with Flat-top (later) Windows is priced at $19.95; No. 5201 Clerestory (Bullnose) Roof and Floor is $24.95; No. 5202 Sides and Ends with Arched (early) Windows for $19.95; No. 5203 Duckbill (early) Roof and Floor priced at $24.95 and No. 5204 End Fascia, Platform and Coupler Covers at 5.95.—CHRIS LANE
details from Grandt Line,
Precision Scale and Wiseman Models. I’d start with the San Juan passenger trucks (K218 - On3, K218-30 – On30). These trucks are truly outstanding, and the parts were designed to ride on them.
After all that, we haven’t even
scratched the surface of what can be done with these parts. Perhaps you wish to model one of the m.o.w. cars that featured blanked out windows. Evergreen Scale Models styrene No. 3047 passenger car siding is as close to a dead match of the San Juan siding as one could expect, so it is the perfect material to close off windows. Further, if you use Evergreen styrene to build baggage, RPO, combine or other head- end cars, they would blend in perfectly with coaches built from the San Juan parts. You could also build completely new sides with the Evergreen siding and windows and quarter round from
Wall panel system: HO and O scales Mfd. by The N Scale Architect, 4063 County Highway 2, DeLancey, New York 13752:
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As prolific as these buildings were, there are surprisingly few models available in any scale in their architec- tural style. N Scale Architect’s Model Builder’s Supply Line
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with a comprehensive line of vacu- formed vinyl textured sheets and scratchbuilding supplies, a basic kit that will allow the modeler to build any number of variations of these mul- ti-story brick and masonry structures. While by no means a complete kit,
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