Here are the last two HO models that I scratchbuilt - about two years ago. These really pushed my boundaries, but they came out okay and looked...
Washington Central had some "Maxi-Cube" 85-ft boxcars in the WCRC 8xxx series that I believe were used for hauling toilet paper....
Tom - Thanks for the nice words. The argon car model is based on the old Athearn BB 62-ft tanker kit. Other than the tank itself, everything...
Monk - The UTLX tanker carried refrigerated liquid argon. As I understand it, the various boxes on the outside of the car help control temp/vent...
Here are two scratchbuilt HO tankers I did a couple of years ago. Thanks to "tankcarsrule" (Bobby) for the inspiration and encouragement to go...
Here's a link to the first page of instructions on the Bachmann Spectrum Consolidation; lube instructions should be about the same for your older...
Candy - Check out Kibri 405-11282.
I decided I needed a Department of Defense caboose to guard military shipments on my layout. Here's what I'm trying to come close to:...
Candy - I looked through the "figures" section of the printed 2012 Walthers catalog and found the following sets that may include figures you can...
Lorne - I'm also an Atlas forum castaway under a different screen name, but I've been here on trainboard for a couple of years. There's some...
mustangsteve - One source of information about railroads in Chicago is John Szwajkart's "Train Watcher's Guide to Chicago: Third Edition". It was...
Looks pretty close to me: http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=117932
Great stuff again this week! Thanks for selecting my covered hopper.
Finally added lading straps to my scratchbuild Flex-i-Beam flat: [IMG] I used yellow plastic electrician's tape cut to length and sliced off...
The local is spotting some Canadian covered hoppers at the grain elevator on my HO layout. CN 398000 is an articulated car that I just finished...
Over the weekend, I finished my scratchbuilt HO model of CN 398000, an articulated covered hopper built by CN Shops for grain service on the...
Have fun at the train show guys! I'll be working on my scratch-built articulated covered hopper. Got the roofwalks and loading hatches on today;...
Great stuff, everyone! I'm slowly making progress on my HO articulated covered hopper, CN 398000. Yesterday, I got the "skin" installed on half...
[IMG] Here's a progress shot of my attempt to make an HO model of CN 398000, a unique articulated covered hopper built by Canadian National for...
Attempting to scratchbuild an HO articulated covered hopper, CN 398000; not sure it will be successful, but won't know till I've tried.
