dibber25 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I recently bought this beautiful O gauge Budd RDC-3. It was the accuracy of the 'face' which attracted me. It is just SO good. The livery is CP Rail, onto which Amtrak decals have been added (and since removed by me). The seller says it was once owned by a member of the Cadbury family. It has a decent interior (white metal seats) passengers, engineer in each cab, direction-controlled lights and interior lights. The 'floor' is hardboard, and a Sagami can motor drives both axles of one truck. The body is mainly aluminium but is very heavy (I'm not sure what the roof is made of). The roof grilles are mesh over a detailed interior. Some aspects look RTR and other parts look scratch-built, so I'm wondering if it was a basic kit which has been super-detailed. Has anyone any ideas on its origin? I'm just curious to know what I've got. CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 http://www.budd-rdc.org/rdcmodels.html and http://www.lionelsto...(Conv._LOCO_400) Could it possibly be the non-scale S gauge one or perhaps one from Weaver http://www.westernde...503_265_366_391 and I don't think it is one of these Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Stewart Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Hi Chris It looks a specialist piece, the couplings alone suggest its not run of the mill, you might want to try the 2 rail section on the O Gauge railroading forum or one of the yahoo groups like oscalemodelers. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Hi Chris It looks a specialist piece, the couplings alone suggest its not run of the mill, you might want to try the 2 rail section on the O Gauge railroading forum or one of the yahoo groups like oscalemodelers. Colin I'm thinking that way, more and more. It's certainly a 'scale' item - the wheel flanges are a bit on the thick side (or the back-to-back is tight) but everything else about it is, I would guess, dead scale. It bumped a bit through Mr. Lowery's Peco points. It is around 22in long, so certainly not shortened. All I need now is somewhere to run it! CHRIS LEIGH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 TrainOrders.com has a rather nice set of photos this morning of an Alaska RR, (now private owner) Budd Car - #712. If you are not a member you may not be able to see the photos, or only thumbnails - it has some interior shots too For anyone following US prototype or modelling, it is worth the subscription fee. http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,2628408 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasond Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Hi Chris I've been looking for Mac Shops (Florida) and Clark A Benson (Connecticut?) who both sold Budd kits I think and used aluminium shells. Clark's ends for his extruded Amfleet coaches are plastic, but that proves nothing in the world of small O-scale manufacturers. Haynes McDaniel's at Mac Shops produced a range of scale length passenger equipment. I have a CP Skyline dome-car kit to build (hardboard floor) for my D&H Adirondack. I'll keep looking! Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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