Hallo Peter,
as first thank you very much for your many helpful ideas finding the right trucks. You are right, Kadee arch bar trucks have a too modern design for cars built in 1867.
I'm very surprised that especially JAY'S TRAINS offers models of such old manufacturers like Ullrich yet and many others. A really treasure trove!
But with your description I found back to an own source. I own two (or four) old Gould ore cars that are equipped with very short arch bar trucks, so that I could use them for my second model in order to avoid the modern Kadee trucks.
On other side - all modeling work out of truss rods is done and I installed a complete hand brake also under frame and trucks (including this one car where Kadee trucks are prepared). When I change now again this model to shorter trucks than I must rebuild a bigger arrangement beginning from hand brake on the roof until a complete brake installation under frame and truck. All parts are glued together and so I think I could get a bigger destroying then I would like to have.
I think I should finish these both models now! I have found the right lettering and car number(s) with friendly help of a member of the B&O Yahoo-group and finishing must come now on base of the present condition - or rebuilding will never end. My models are built in a very strong used condition so that I can say also - these cars are 15 ore 20 years old and in that time they have got replaced and a bit more modern trucks and they have got a relettering, all such things like railroads did do it in reality also. It was not my prefered idea to build models in condition of erecting time of 1867. My both old time models should have the flair of the 1870 or more yet the 1880 era so that they could stand on a siding track also in my prefered 1900 modeling era. I think that this should be a good compromis to all the many idieas coming while time of model building in last two years and because of unknown facts whom have their reasons in this time that is long time back.
A longer answer to a very long reply - but with many helpful hints to further modeling jobs. Thank you, Peter. And you can find the results here in three or four weeks, with coloring and lettering in summer I think.
Bernhard
as first thank you very much for your many helpful ideas finding the right trucks. You are right, Kadee arch bar trucks have a too modern design for cars built in 1867.
I'm very surprised that especially JAY'S TRAINS offers models of such old manufacturers like Ullrich yet and many others. A really treasure trove!
But with your description I found back to an own source. I own two (or four) old Gould ore cars that are equipped with very short arch bar trucks, so that I could use them for my second model in order to avoid the modern Kadee trucks.
On other side - all modeling work out of truss rods is done and I installed a complete hand brake also under frame and trucks (including this one car where Kadee trucks are prepared). When I change now again this model to shorter trucks than I must rebuild a bigger arrangement beginning from hand brake on the roof until a complete brake installation under frame and truck. All parts are glued together and so I think I could get a bigger destroying then I would like to have.
I think I should finish these both models now! I have found the right lettering and car number(s) with friendly help of a member of the B&O Yahoo-group and finishing must come now on base of the present condition - or rebuilding will never end. My models are built in a very strong used condition so that I can say also - these cars are 15 ore 20 years old and in that time they have got replaced and a bit more modern trucks and they have got a relettering, all such things like railroads did do it in reality also. It was not my prefered idea to build models in condition of erecting time of 1867. My both old time models should have the flair of the 1870 or more yet the 1880 era so that they could stand on a siding track also in my prefered 1900 modeling era. I think that this should be a good compromis to all the many idieas coming while time of model building in last two years and because of unknown facts whom have their reasons in this time that is long time back.
A longer answer to a very long reply - but with many helpful hints to further modeling jobs. Thank you, Peter. And you can find the results here in three or four weeks, with coloring and lettering in summer I think.
Bernhard