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T B&O M HE ODELER Volume 6, Number 2 March/April 2010 BUILDING NKP CAR’S B&O F-4BN DINING CAR NA TOWER, NOT YOUR NORMAL TOWER The B&O Modeler 1 March/April 2010 A publication of the B&O Railroad Historical Society (B&ORRHS) for the purpose of disseminating B&O modeling information. Copyright © B&ORRHS – 2005 through 2011 – All Rights Reserved. May only be reproduced for personal use. Not for sale other than by the B&ORRHS. Editor – Bruce D. Griffin at [email protected] Associate Editor – Benjamin Hom at [email protected] Model Products News Editor – Clark Cone at [email protected] Modeling Committee Chair – Bill Barringer at [email protected] Index Editor - Jim Ford at [email protected] Manuscripts and photographs submitted for publication are considered to be gratis and no reimbursement will be made to the author or the photographer(s) or his/her representative(s). Please contact the Editor with comments and corrections and for submission guidelines. 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Their ATTN: Membership P.O. Box 24068 Baltimore, MD 21227-0568 The B&O Modeler 2 March/April 2010 BUILDING NKP CAR’S B&O F-4BN DINING CAR: REVIEW AND CONSTRUCTION TIPS BY: BOB CHAPMAN PHOTOS BY AUTHORS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. HO scale model of B&O F-4ce dining car #1060, built from NKP Car’s F-4bn kit. The Prototype Between 1923 and 1930, the B&O upgraded its Since it seems that no two cars were alike, B&O dining car fleet with new all-steel class F-4b modelers are well advised to refer to a B&O diagram Colonial-series dining cars constructed by Pullman and where possible a photo of both sides of the Company. Seating 36 and named for prominent specific car to be modeled. An incomplete list of Colonial women, the cars featured exquisitely published photos follows (abbreviations: k=kitchen appointed interiors and were assigned to B&O’s side, a=aisle side, b=both sides): premier passenger trains. A comprehensive history of these cars by Mark Stewart appears in the 4th Quarter F-4b #1036 (k), The Sentinel, Q4/09 2009 issue of The Sentinel. F-4bc #1035 (a), The Sentinel, Q4/09 F-4c #1049 (b), The Sentinel, Q4/09 Soon to follow from Pullman in 1924-25 was the F- F-4c #1049 (b), The Sentinel, 9/93 4c class. Dimensionally, mechanically, and F-4c #1049 (a), The Sentinel, 11/85 functionally identical to the F-4b’s, these cars were F-4b #1044 (a), The Sentinel, 7/84 less fancy in interior décor for assignment to B&O’s F-4bm #1036 (b), B&O Salute, Davis & Roberts secondary trains. F-4ce #1060 (b), B&O Salute, Davis & Roberts F-4bc #1035 (a), B&O Color Guide, Bossler As the years progressed, the cars in both classes F-4bm #1036 (k), B&O Color Guide, Bossler received various modifications. Some were F-4cc #1077 (k), B&O Color Guide, Bossler modernized with skirting and streamlined roofs for F-4cc #1078 (k), B&O Passenger Service, Vol. 1, service in the Royal Blue, Capitol Limited, National Stegmaier Limited, and Columbian consists, others received F-4bb #1045 (k), B&O Passenger Service, Vol. 2, turtleback roofs, and most received Thermopane Stegmaier windows. (A turtleback roof is a modified clerestory roof with steel added to allow it to appear similar to B&O diagrams for each subclass appear in Diagrams the roof of a streamlined car. Ed.) With of Passenger Equipment, B&O Railroad (TLC accompanying mechanical and interior upgrades, the Publishing), and a B&O 1/8” scale plan for class F- F-4b’s and F-4c’s ended being assigned into at least 4bm appears in Scale Modeling and the Baltimore & nine different subclasses. Ohio Railroad by Dornette. The B&O Modeler 3 March/April 2010 B&ORR diagram of F-4bn dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4bn dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4bn dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. The B&O Modeler 4 March/April 2010 F-4bn dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4bn dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4bn dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. The B&O Modeler 5 March/April 2010 B&ORR diagram of F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. The B&O Modeler 6 March/April 2010 F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. The B&O Modeler 7 March/April 2010 F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. The B&O Modeler 8 March/April 2010 F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. F-4ce dining car. B&ORR Historical Society Collection. Completed model, aisle side. The B&O Modeler 9 March/April 2010 NKP Car’s HO Scale Kits NKP Car (NKPCarCo.com) offers two versions of underbody diagram showing location of the B&O’s F-4 dining cars – a class F-4bm with underbody components. clerestory roof, and a class F-4bn with turtleback roof. The downside of the instructions occurs with the text, where the instructions for the dining car kits have A review of B&O diagrams suggests that the two kits been combined with instructions for NKP Car’s D- will accurately model nearly any of the B&O’s F-4b 14ab and D-15 combines. The cars do not have a lot and F-4c dining car subclasses which have been in common, and I found myself having to cross out upgraded with Thermopane windows. For example, the half of the text irrelevant to the dining car project the F-4bn will also model class F-4ce, and by to keep myself from getting confused between the replacing the roof with a high-arch streamline-profile two car types. roof such as Bethlehem Car Works #40, classes F- 4ba, F-4bb, F-4bc, F-4cd, and F-8 can be modeled. An additional pair of pages covers generic The addition of skirting will model class F-4cc. (For construction steps involving sides, ends, and floor tips on adding a streamline roof or skirting, see The common to all NKP Car kits. Assembly required B&O Modeler, January/February 2009, “Modeling jumping back and forth between the two sets of B&O’s Class A-18cd Modernized Coach”.) instructions, and special concentration that you did not somehow omit an important step. In today’s Inside NKP Car’s kit box are nearly all the parts world of cut-and-paste word processing, there’s little needed to complete the diner model except paint, excuse for not having a single integrated set of decals, and couplers. The sides are beautifully instructions for each car type. photoetched in brass, and are highly accurate both in dimensions and appearance. The roof and ends are In the following paragraphs, we’ll replace, re- cast in resin, and dimensionally match B&O sequence, augment, and sometimes revise NKP Car’s diagrams. Roof vents, a very prominent dining car instructions, with the goal of offering an integrated, detail, are provided in the various styles needed, as is well-organized, and prototypically correct procedure a photoetched roof hatch. Underbody detail includes for building the kit. cast resin parts for B&O’s nearly unique York air conditioning system, basic UC brake system parts, a Framing the Sides pair of generators, steam traps, and electrical With a razor saw, cut apart the sides and doors; file receptacles. B&O diagrams and NKP Car’s own smooth any remaining tabs. Drill #76 holes for underbody diagram indicate that B&O’s dining cars handrails in the sides and doors, starting from the were equipped with dual 16x12 brake cylinders; this locator dimples etched into their backs. To simplify second brake cylinder was the only significant detail masking and minimize paint bleed, we’ll install the part not supplied with the kit. doors and handrails after painting. While the components of the kit are first rate, the Dining car crews often ran with the Dutch doors open instructions present a love-hate situation. On the to provide ventilation to the kitchen, and it was not positive side, the instruction packet includes unusual to see a kitchen crew member standing in the prototype photos copied from B&O Salute, a full-size doorway for a breath of fresh air. If you would like to photo of the model roof with all vents properly model this option, cut away the top segment of the positioned, a diagram of the sides suggesting door. placement of the styrene-strip bracing, and an The B&O Modeler 10 March/April 2010