You might remember some months ago I started on a model of a 36 foot Gorre & Daphetid boxcar. That was a rather long time ago, and I sort of stalled. As it turned out, there were a number of minor issues with the model, and I really wasn't happy about that.
However, I finally found the impetus and momentum, and finished the model.
It is still imperfect as ever, but it looks the part.
The trucks I used were Tichy 100 ton heavy duty archbar, which look fine painted beneath the car. For now, the couplers are Marx dummy knuckle couplers (my fall back). Oversized and sort of goofy looking, but they'll do for now. I simplified the number of truss rods down to two, and these were made out of fine florist wire and painted black.
While it's not perfect, I think it came out well enough, and will soon be joining my other freight cars as construction of my little layout moves along is starts and stops.
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