The Ambroid kit is a model of a prototype "one of a kind" car. It was the
prototype of the steel eight hatch cars built, I believe, on the tail of an
order of regular wood sheathed end bunkered cars. As it was a test of the
8 hatch design, it is not improbable that the car also tried out the plug
door technology, at least when first constructed.
At 07:58 AM 12/9/00 -0500, you wrote:
Andreas
I had the same dilemma with Ambroid's #K-14. My kit sat in the to do
pile
for many years as I could not determine it's legitimacy. I recently checked
Ian Cranstone's CP equipment list( http://magi.com/~lamontc/cp2.html) and
series 289940-289989 shows build dates in early 1939 with service dates to
1957. The list describes the cars as having steel underframes and overhead
