Roof Vents - MILW Streamlined Cars

[bpickering]

Hello,

I'm starting to build two kits using the brass car sides for the RPO/Express and Baggage-Dorm cars found at:   

http://www.brasscarsides.com/catalog/MILWcatalog.pdf

One of the last details that I'm looking at is the roof vents. I've got the Walthers O-Scale plans that D.C. Henry offers on that website, which show the location of the vents in each of these cars, but don't really have any clear indication of what type/shape the vents have.

Searching for roof vents on the Walthers site isn't particularly helpful, either, as most of them don't show images, only (sometimes) names. There are Harriman vents (unlikely, since the MILW wasn't a Harriman road), Garland vents (possible), and what I would call "indeterminate."

http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?category=Part&scale=H&manu=&item=&keywords=%22roof+vent%22&words=restrict&instock=Q&split=30&Submit=Search

So, can anyone offer any help? I'm willing to settle for a "near match", I'm not absolutely fanatical, but would like to have a reasonably good effort.

Brian Pickering

["JaBear"]

bpickering

but don't really have any clear indication of what type/shape the vents have.

Gidday Brian, These aren't really clear but...........

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31038626@N07/3271280334

http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3190360

http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=42304

http://flickeflu.com/photos/33672589@N08/interesting

http://flickeflu.com/photos/33672589@N08/interesting     not on your specific cars but was it typical??

http://flickeflu.com/photos/33672589@N08/interesting

Hope you get a more definitive answer.

Cheers, the Bear.

[bpickering]

Ja Bear,

I'm sorry, I guess I didn't make myself clear.

I've found plenty of prototype photos.

It's images of the detail parts themselves that I'm lacking. I haven't found any good way of identifying which parts I need to order.

In the past, I would have gone to my LHS with a list of potential parts in-hand, and simply go down the "Wall-O-Parts", and eventually find one that looks right. Unfortunately, he had to move recently, and his new location doesn't have the "Wall-O-Parts". I don't think it's fair to him to ask him to dig into his boxes of parts, one-by-one, if I don't have a good idea of which part will do the job.

So, again: My request is, does anyone have any idea which HO-Scale parts (manufacturer and part number) would correspond to the vents on the afore-mentioned MILW RPO-Express and Baggage-Dorm?

[jrbernier]

  One of the issues you are going to run into with Milwaukee Road passenger cars is that so much of them are 'Shops Built' - Right down to trucks and appliances like the roof vents.  Some of the pictures in the above links will get you an idea of what they look like.

Jim

[csmith9474]

I hope I can remember when I get a chance, but I have been there and done that with trying to find passenger car roof vents, and have quite a stash of several different types at home. The only problem is that I am on the road helping keep the real thing rolling, so it will be a few days before I can look.

I can certainly understand your frustration with this.