[PRR-talk] Walthers N6b Offset Cupola window frame

[andrew.axmacher]

All...
My 2 cents worth...
I doubt Walthers will correct the sills of the existing offset cupola car on the basis of how the mold is likely constructed. The sills as they are now done would be represented by a cavity in the mold. To correct the mold and eliminate the protruding sills/framing, Walthers would have to magically fill-in those cavities in the mold block, which I figure to be a very expensive machined chunk of something metal. This logic would also explain why Bowser cannot simply go back and re-run many of their models without the 'molded-on' grab irons. These corrections are extremely expensive simply because it requires cutting new molds, not a quick and easy process. 

Andy Ax

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Bruce Smith <smithbf at auburn.edu>
Date:  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:32:41 -0500

>
>On Jun 5, 2008, at 12:48 PM, Ted Andrews wrote:
>
>> Lists:
>>
>> I just noticed that Walthers has pushed back the ETA of the center- 
>> cupola N6b to 10-21-08. Originally (and recently), Walthers listed  
>> the ETA as mid-June. Oh well....
>>
>> I also noticed that Walthers is going re-issue the offset cupola  
>> N6b whose ETA is 08-12-08. I do have an open question to Bruce  
>> Smith, Ben Hom or anyone else on the modeling committee. Do you  
>> know if the upcomming N6b releases will improve the original N6b  
>> model with correct window sills and steps? If you are not at the  
>> liberty of disclosing that right now, that is ok.
>
>Ted,
>
>Alas,
>
>I'm not "in the know", but I sure would like to see them fix the  
>windows!
>
>Regards
>Bruce
>
>Bruce F. Smith
>Auburn, AL
>http://www.vetmed.auburn.edu/index.pl/bruce_f._smith2
>
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