Pennsylvania X24 Automobile Boxcar
Pennsylvania X24 Automobile Boxcar
3D Printed Kit
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An extension of the successful X23 boxcar, the Pennsylvania Railway's X24 Automobile Boxcar was introduced in 1913. 2,000 were built by American Car and Foundry. The 1917 Official Railway Equipment Register shows 2,000 cars split between Lines East (series 46280-47819) and Lines West (series 500579-501578).
Decals for this car are available through Mount Vernon Shops: https://www.mountvernonshops.com/products/ho-prr-x24-boxcar-decals
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a preliminary offering, meaning you will get a body, underbody, and optional Kadee™ couplers. Decals, trucks and detail parts will have to be supplied by the modeler. This car will eventually be re-released as a formal kit.
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The frame print is bowed, not flat. From the centermost crossmembers, each end is bowed downward about 3/32". Nowhere close to flat. The car body is worse. The center of one side is bowed outward at the bottom of the print by 3/16". On the other side the outward bow at the bottom of the side is 3/32". The CAD work looks very good but the physical rendering is poor. I have no idea if it's even possible to straighten these pieces and make them usable. Too bad. I was very much looking forward to building an X24.
Sorry to hear the parts arrived warped. This is almost always caused by heat during summer shipping, and while uncommon, it does occasionally happen.
The good news is the models are fully recoverable. We sent recovery instructions a few days ago and are happy to walk you through the process or provide any additional guidance needed. Please reply to that email or reach out to support and we’ll get you sorted so you can still build your X24.
It is nice to have an X24-shaped car…except that a major characteristic of the these cars is the unique shape of the pressed-steel vertical outside bracing, an accurate representation of which is not even attempted.
This a first class product great detail your company is a great boon to modelers for its wide variety of products
The fine details such as rivet heads and wood grain are easy to see and add to the overall appearance of the boxcars. Both of my boxcars developed an outward bow on both side of each car. The bow is slight and will easily be fixed by glueing a longitudinal support on each inside gluing the inside of the boxcar to the support. An easy fix and not a detractor from the overall model. The accompanying decal set has crisp lettering and has the spacing for the exterior framework on the decal. The word "AUTOMOBILE' was not included in the decal set, and images show the X24 automobile boxcar with the word and without it. I found a K4 Brand 40 To 50 Ft Boxcar Roman Font Dimensional Data Set - Decal - that had AUTOMOBILE spelled out four times on the sheet, which I ordered for my models' boxcars. The pictures I will use as a guide has the word in the upper lefthand corner of the boxcars. I am very happy with these models and look forward to painting, decaling and assembling them. Thanks.
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