Smitty, I just checked Caboose Hobbies website. They don’t have any of the old Soho SP Budd sleepers but, I did find two 4-4-2 sleepers by The Coach Yard fairly inexpensive.
These are the two that I found
BC79086 for 145.00
BC83550 for 150.00
You may want to head over to Caboose Hobbies to take a look.
Charlie
Ok Smitty,
when you want something from the book, just write me a pm with your email adress, I will then try to send you the pictures…
Yes, Key is going to produce the complete train ready to run, and I know that it will look great. I also have the money to buy it, BUT:
I would never spend so much money on HO passenger cars, even if it´s brass it´s not worth THAT price in my eyes.
As far as I know those brass passenger cars need a minimum of 22" curves or even larger, which makes their operation impossible on my layout.
I´d rather spend 2000 $ on my 2-month vacation in New Zealand next year than on the brass Sunset.
Daniel
Hey Smitty,
just in case you might be interested: there is a complete 15 car Sunset Limited by Soho on sale at ebay (just type Sunset Limited into the search bar for toys and hobbies). All cars are sold separately. Some of them are without lettering along one side, or missing a wheel. But must cars are in good condition. But they all don´t have any interiors.
Here´s a picture of the blunt end sleeper, could be really a challenge to model!
Daniel
Trust me, I already am eyeballing that one. It looks a little rough, though. Thanks for the heads up!!
As rough as it looks, I bet it still brings in upwards of $300.
Yes, I bet that too. Especially in the last minutes it could get exiting…
By the way: Walthers will do a rerun of the Southern Pacific Budd streamliner cars in late summer/fall this year. The only car of those which is prototypical with the Sunset cars is the 10-6 sleeper. So this also might be a nice option, since the only thing which doesn´t make them prototypical is the shape of the numberboard/train name shield in the middle of the car, which should be a bigger rectangle to have more place for the Sunset Limited sign. Plus in your case, you would have to paint the trucks and underbody details into dark grey and also widen the red letterboards or at least eliminate the black stripes at the limits of it.
Daniel
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-----------------------------Gluing the clear acrylic sides to the wihite styrene side can be tricky. I have developed my wn method that works very well, but must be performed carefully. I use a small clamp on one end to clamp the two sides together, making sure everything is lined up and even. I then work my way away from the clamped end, allowing capillary action from a thin ACC to glue the sides together. It may take a couple of practice rounds, but you will find that the capillary action will completely fill in everything.-----------------------------
I am going to be using Train Station Products #478 for the belt driven compressors for the ACs. They come with an etched metal, see-through belt guard that looks really nice
That is about all I have been working on up to this point. Below are some pics of this mess:
