APEX/BLAW-KNOX Running Board
This etched brass running
board represents a rectangular hole Apex or Blaw-Knox product, first offered
ca.1938 and 1940, respectively. It
comes with a longitudinal running board sufficient for a 50’ house car, and two
latitudinal extensions. The
running board scales out to 20 ½” wide, while the extensions are 27 ¾” by 48”,
and it is a scale 5/8” thick (1” on the prototype.)Holes for the roof handholds
are located, but the modeler must supply the holds. This component features 12 holes across, just as a prototype
Blaw-Knox running board had.
However, this item comes in one continuous piece, while (at least) the
Apex board came in 81” sections, with 7 of them centered on a 40’ car body, the
end sections being shorter as required.
There is sufficient stock, for 40’ cars, to allow a modeler to section
the board to better represent this aspect of the prototype, if one so desires.
RB-01-----------------------------------$5.00