Rapido Trains Meat Reefers "Whoo Hoo!"

[Puddington]

They are indeed MT couplers; not cheap knock off's.... I know; I transhipped them to the factory..... Bryan's suggestion has worked for me in the past on MT's.

[sd45elect2000]

Maybe Rapido can be talked into changing the roof and releasing a brine car? It would be a first, a bold move away from ice bunker cars !

Randy

[up1950s]

Maybe Rapido can be talked into changing the roof and releasing a brine car? It would be a first, a bold move away from ice bunker cars !

Randy

Aren't the door height on brine cars shorter to allow for the tank ?

[sd45elect2000]

Oh jeesh , you might be right !! I'll have to look.

I don't know of any, not even kits. I think GHQ might have done a CN one ?

Randy

[Puddington]

GHQ did the "famous" Eight hatch reefers.....



As built livery



1961 CN worm logo



Modified GHQ kit for a CPR reefer

[seusscaboose]

These are MTL couplers, not clones, so the spring is most likely the culprit. Stretch it out or replace it, that should correct it. I noticed the same symptoms on one of mine, a "lazy" spring.

Thanks Bryan
I will try that

[arbomambo]

I am VERY pleased with my Kingan cars!...
very nicely weighted, with great wheel sets!
Bruce

[Angus Shops]

Rapido's most current email newsletter mentions not one but TWO "N scale mystery locomotives" under development at their factory...

Geoff

[Puddington]

Rapido's most current email newsletter mentions not one but TWO "N scale mystery locomotives" under development at their factory...

Geoff

That would be correct......

[central.vermont]

Rapido's most current email newsletter mentions not one but TWO "N scale mystery locomotives" under development at their factory...

Geoff

-2 & -3 

Jon

[up1950s]

Just got my first batch of reefers . You know I was admiring them while venting the factory air and I totally forgot about the gaps until the 4th or 5th car . Point is the gaps didn't stand out , or is that suck in , or just suck in general to be offensive . It was just a un jointed brain fart of the thread that had me look for the gully's of despair .

Here is a groovy shot

I just ordered more .

[peteski]

Just got my first batch of reefers . You know I was admiring them while venting the factory and I totally forgot about the gaps until the 4th or 5th car . Point is the gaps didn't stand out , or is that suck in , or just suck in general to be offensive . It was just a un jointed brain fart of the thread that had me look for the gully's of despair .

Here is a groovy shot

I just ordered more .

That is a very good photo which seems to show gaps between boards to be similar size to the Micro-Trains reefers. 

 I have to save this photo to do some comparisons later. Yes, I ended up dishing out $30 at BLW for a single Rapido car to get some closeup photos comparing it with prototype and MT reefers.  I wanted an undecorated one but those werent't included in the shipment. I'll get it in few days. Photos don't lie. 

[tom mann]

So if the gaps are that large, what was used to fill the gaps?

[davefoxx]

I wonder if we're seeing a shiplap or tongue-and-groove type of siding with v-grooves at the joints, making the seams appear larger.

DFF

[Sokramiketes]

I wonder if we're seeing a shiplap or tongue-and-groove type of siding with v-grooves at the joints, making the seams appear larger.

DFF

That is what you're seeing, accented with grime.  And that type of siding is correct for the Rapido prototype.  But even accented with grime, the "gap" is such a small percentage of the board width... unlike the tooled version.