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November 2003 Newsletter
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Passenger Detail Parts
Some of you may remember that not long after we introduced our #210 Pullman Interior Vestibule Wall we experienced an unprecedented, for us, supply problem with that one item. This part was basically an afterthought that was developed to make productive use of space on another mold base that otherwise would have gone unused. Never in our wildest dreams did we expect the demand experienced with this item. For that reason a new mold dedicated only to that part was completed two years ago. We are happy to report that there have been no supply problems with the part since that mold was completed. Now a supply problem has developed with our #211 Pullman 5 ft. 6 in. Baggage Door! Since this item was also one from a combination mold, tooling for a new mold to produce this door and another is expected to commence shortly. This new mold will produce both the current 5 ft. 6 in. baggage door and an 8 ft. double baggage door that should eliminate any supply problems with the #211 door and enable us to add another needed baggage door as well.
The #216 8 ft. Baggage Door has been pattered after a type of baggage or express door used by a number of roads requiring doors of such width. While our #216 will be molded as one piece, the prototype consisted of two three-panel doors, each just over four feet in width that closed against one another and provided an open width of eight feet when both were fully opened. Doors of such width were highly preferred by those roads handing large or bulky express shipments that needed men on both sides to get them into, or out of, the cars. One immediate use of such doors will be to improve the appearance of the near 8 ft. double doors of the Rivarossi baggage car and the Rivarossi baggage-RPO cars. B & M modelers can take a Rivarossi baggage car, remove a piece from its center, reducing the length to 64 ft. 6 in., and replace its doors with our #216 doors to kitbash a B & M #3200 - #3205. Many other roads had similar cars of varying lengths. Scratch- builders will also find these doors quite useful. Photos of a Rivarossi - B & M #3200 series conversion can be found in the Gallery section of this website. In fact, if you have never viewed the Gallery section of our website we urge you to do so. A number of completed cars that can be constructed using our conversion kits can be seen in the gallery, both sides of the car in most instances, in addition to other kitbashes and cars that might give you a few ideas.
Lastly, we will soon add a new part to those already offered for the Pullman Ice Activated A/C system. This will be our #253 Pullman Sump Tank & Pump at a retail price of $4.95 per pair. The Sump Tank & Pump housing will be our first part done in molded resin, a medium we expect to use for some other detail parts to offer a Steam Ejector A/C system in the future. This part, however, has been needed to complete the package of parts needed for a full Ice Activated A/C system. Click on the image to enlarge it.
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