GWR88 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Evening all!Recently i've been looking at stratchbuilding a boxcab for my layout as a bit of an exercise. Whilst looking around i saw a few american forums had done a challenge to build a boxcab and i thought it was a rather good idea. So with great honor i shall present to you (drumroll please!) THE RMWEB BUILD A BOXCAB CHALLENGE! The idea of the challenge is to build a model boxcab in any scale as an exercise in stratchbuilding or RTR detailing as a bit of fun so we all can improve our skills and add something differant to our layouts. Rules: 1)You don't have to follow any prototype. 2)The model can hail from any country. 3)The model can be powered or un-powered 4)Post photos or videos of your build if you wish. 5)Everyone can participate. and lastly.... 6)Have fun I hope to see your builds in the near future and i hope we all learn somethingGood luck Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Lloyd - do these count? http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/3354-jacks-in-or-shortliners-shortline/page-4 posts #89 & #95 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Yes they count towards the challenge. Looks klike your the first to plunge into this challenge shortliner! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 How about a Grandt Line boxcab with the old style Micro-Mo drive? And a tiny Lenz chip under the floor? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Hmmm its more a challenge of modifying RTR stuff or stracthbuilding in all honesty craig so i dont think it counts unless you've detailed it? Sorry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Hmmm its more a challenge of modifying RTR stuff or stracthbuilding in all honesty craig so i dont think it counts unless you've detailed it? Sorry But doesn't kitbuilding fit within those categories....? And as for defining what a boxcab is, well where do you start.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 oh sorry i didnt realize it was kit! My bad! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'll have to have a go at this, though making one in N scale might prove difficult. Should be fun! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Here are a few "Boxcabs" I made earlier... Brass MTS Baldwin B-1: This is a Roundhouse body on a Bachmann GE 70 tonner frame (note the end steps) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torikoos Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I would prefer the challenge to be boxcar only, no locos/traction. They deserve a thread of their own. Koos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 This is aboxcab only challenge koos Ive started mine today: a BNSF rebuild of hoboken shores no 500. The photo im using as a reference is here-http://hbs.railfan.net/hmrr1.jpg My plan is to scratch a body on top of a 40ft boxcar frame from cardstock/plastikard and paint it a grotty orange. Have fun Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Is this about boxCARs or boxCABs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torikoos Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 BoxCAB.... I need to wear my reading glasses, left them behind at home...... :-) disregard my earlier post...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2014 It took me to Post #3 4 to realise what a boxcab was.... (I understand pictures ) From Wikipedia, there is this (snipped) definition : A boxcab, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive in which the machinery and crew areas are enclosed in a box-like superstructure (from boxcar). Great Britain Most British diesel and electric locomotives are boxcabs but the term "boxcab" is not used in Britain. Instead, locomotives are referred to by their class numbers, e.g. British Rail Class 47 and British Rail Class 92. British diesel and electric locomotives are nearly always double-ended (i.e. there is a cab at each end). So, am I right in assuming a scratch-built boxcab could be anything 'box' shaped, with some sort of representation of motive power (diesel, electric or steam ) ? Stu (thinking waaaaaaaay outside the, er, box...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 17, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2014 It will probably be far to late to enter but two of us on the Lancaster Green Ayre team have plans for a model of the proposed Midland Railway Bo Bo with Westinghouse equipment from 1908. This would ahve been a boxcab and someone did a painting of it in one of the magazines last years, it was also coupled to the Siemens version which was a 2-C-2 . They looked rather nice in lined maroon. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 It took me to Post #3 to realise what a boxcab was.... (I understand pictures ) From Wikipedia, there is this (snipped) definition : A boxcab, in railroad terminology, is a locomotive in which the machinery and crew areas are enclosed in a box-like superstructure (from boxcar). Great Britain Most British diesel and electric locomotives are boxcabs but the term "boxcab" is not used in Britain. Instead, locomotives are referred to by their class numbers, e.g. British Rail Class 47 and British Rail Class 92. British diesel and electric locomotives are nearly always double-ended (i.e. there is a cab at each end). So, am I right in assuming a scratch-built boxcab could be anything 'box' shaped, with some sort of representation of motive power (diesel, electric or steam ) ? Stu (thinking waaaaaaaay outside the, er, box...) Pretty much, if I had to describe what I've seen referred to as this, I'd note that it had a square carbody with separate cabs or driving positions on each end, and no provision for carrying freight. This makes the distinction between them and Steeplecabs, Box Motors, Freight Motors, Cab on a raft, etc.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'll have to have a go at this, though making one in N scale might prove difficult. Should be fun! There are plenty of Japanese chassis available, and drawing the body in Sketchup is a skill worth learning... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullsteamer Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Funny to see a mention of boxcabs and Japanese in the same thread - I'm building a Japanese National Railways ED45 right now. Here's what the real loco looks like, photos of the model to follow: Cheers, Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethashenden Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I want to build some of these at some point: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof Klyzlr Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Dear Gareth, If not now (with the challenge called out), then when? The modelling workbench is calling... Happy Modelling,Aim to Improve,Prof Klyzlr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 I agree with prof! Nows probably a better time then ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_long Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 If anyone is short of inspiration there is this website, you might be there a while though if you start looking http://sbiii.com/boxcabdx.html#index Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWR88 Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Thanks for the link dave, Hopefully some more people will draw some inspiration from it Lloyd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Some more inspiration - top picture on this thread http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/18510 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethashenden Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Dear Gareth, If not now (with the challenge called out), then when? The modelling workbench is calling... Happy Modelling, Aim to Improve, Prof Klyzlr Well seeing as there's no set time limit ok! I've got so many project on at the moment that it will be quite a while before I get started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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