NMRA meeting this Sunday

Last year, I attended my first NMRA meeting. It wasn't a particularly enjoyable time...in part because the table where I sat was filled with people whom were unwilling to engage in conversation. But this week, I will go back for my second meeting as I met enough interesting people through the Mini-Bunch to have a better time.

The monthly contests are stock cars and photos of steam. I'll be entering my favorite photo from Jenbach, AT into the photo contest...and I'm working on completing my DSP&P stock car for that contest.

Accordingly, I've started two pair of early DSP&P trucks. One pair will be for this car, and the other will go under one of my other cars. Since this is a nicely executed car, I'm making a point to detail the trucks. The wooden transoms are scribed on all four sides as well as the ends. I'll add the NBWs once I have the side frames together; journal lids after it is complete. I'll design some sort of faux spring plank so that it looks right, but isn't fully functional. This type of truck is the most difficult freight car trucks that I've built...with at least 35 pieces per truck, excluding the bolster pad and augmentables.


These are what I did last night. They are the transoms and spacers. They are a scale 12" tall and 16" wide, with a transom length of 5'2" IIRC...these correspond to 1/4" x 1/3" x ~1 1/6".