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Re: Harriman Roofs for MT Coaches - Any Interest?
« Reply #30 on: March 10, 2016, 10:00:00 PM »
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Anybody know what the Model Power heavyweights are or were originally were. I would not mind getting some round roofs for my Bachmann shorty heavyweights (or whatever they are).

They were Chinese poor copies of the Lima models.
See http://www.spookshow.net/passenger/limaheavy.html
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Re: Harriman Roofs for MT Coaches - Any Interest?
« Reply #31 on: March 11, 2016, 01:26:03 AM »
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Anybody know what the Model Power heavyweights are or were originally were. I would not mind getting some round roofs for my Bachmann shorty heavyweights (or whatever they are).

Pretty sure the Model Power cars are former Lima cars.

I ended up just getting 4 of the roofs for the Bachmann cars. Guy I got them from still has one, however 2 of the 4 I got are a bit short, about the thickness of the car wall, so around .060"

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Re: Harriman Roofs for MT Coaches - Any Interest?
« Reply #32 on: March 11, 2016, 03:48:01 PM »
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I'm curious as to what type of resin is used in your kits?

Is it the stinky kind (has a strong moth-ball-like smell which never goes away), like Fine N Scale uses or the odorless type like used by DKS and Lunde Studios?

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Re: Harriman Roofs for MT Coaches - Any Interest?
« Reply #33 on: March 11, 2016, 03:53:53 PM »
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This is great timing for me. I just tried (and failed) to win a couple of your Harriman roofs on the 'bay. Converting MT (and other cars) to pseudo Harrimans or SP's IC cars would be awesome. Sign me up!
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Re: Harriman Roofs for MT Coaches - Any Interest?
« Reply #34 on: March 11, 2016, 05:05:19 PM »
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And Willmodels!

YES!   And I really appreciate that!
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Re: Harriman Roofs for MT Coaches - Any Interest?
« Reply #35 on: March 12, 2016, 03:28:56 PM »
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                :|  Gentlemen , When these roofs first came out they were advertised as for Con Cor Rivarossi  Cars. I sent away for a large batch, they were molded in solid black I used them to replace coach roofs, combine roofs and baggage car roofs on my Con Cor Portland Rose train set and extra cars. I used the best ones  not needing filing work or showing any warping and have I believe four left that I rejected. The roofs are held into the cars with tape, they were never a tight press fit, and I saved all the original Rivarossi Roofs incase I wanted to restore the set back and sell it. I carefully cut (razor / zona sawed) the attached window material from the Rivarossi roofs to re insert to provide the car windows. I still have an unused in the package Camden & Amboy hard black resin boiler shell to replace the Trix PRR 2-10-0 boiler shell with a longer one where the steam chests lined up with the cylinders, and I built four Camden & Amboy B&O  Wagon Top body shells, on Atlas boxcar under frame's and lettered with CDS Dry Transfer's . Nate Goodman (Nato). Salt Lake, Utah.   :|

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Re: Harriman Roofs for MT Coaches - Any Interest?
« Reply #36 on: November 02, 2016, 11:09:36 PM »
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Are the Harriman roofs available yet? I'd love a few for Illinois Central cars... and Central of Georgia.  ;)