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Nog zo'n 'vloek' dit jaar; VIRMm bij de in afbraak zijnde IJsselcentrale. Ondanks veel mooi weer en ene vaste omloop voor een VIRM op zondag lukt het maar niet om er eentje in de zon te krijgen, telkens trekt het net voor passage dicht. Zo ook vandaag, ene gewijzigde inzet bracht zesje 8621 als trein 3635 op de lijn en wel een uur later dan gebruikelijk, maar de wolken waren ook precies een uur later.... dus een grijze plaat en aan de centrale te zien wordt wel heel duidelijk dat het einde echt nadert...
This is an HO scale model of VIA 8621, an ex-UP Budd slab-side baggage car. This is one of a series of cars that started life as Union Pacific RPO cars. They were acquired by VIA in the mid '90s and converted to full-baggage cars, with the RPO windows plated over (except one that was later un-plated as an emergency exit window). The cars are equipped with HEP and MU pass-through cables just like the HEP2 cars, and can be seen across the VIA system mixed with HEP1, HEP2 and LRC equipment.
I built the model on a Walthers core (a Budd coach), removing the sides and making several modifications to the roof and ends. For the sides, I started with American Model Builders laser-cut side Kit 1009. Those sides represent an ACF-built variant of the 5900 series of UP RPOs, which has an identical door and window arrangement to the Budd-built versions.
I cut away the basic skirting and steps from the sides, and then mounted them to the Walthers core. The slab-side fluting is made by Union Station Products. I made the framing for the doors with strip styrene, and added all the various grabs. The roof and underbody details were salvaged from other Walthers cars, and the end details were mostly scratchbuilt.
The car is painted with Alclad2 laquer ("Chrome" over a base-coat of Modelflex NYC light grey, glosscoated). Blue stripe and VIA logo decal from Microscale, all other decals from Rapido (they're the only ones who have done an accurate "Canada" wordmark and flag to date). The placement of the various logos is specific to 8621.
Lit with clamshell over/under ab1600 in an octabox above camera with an ab800 in a med softbox on the floor and an ab800 as a background light.