This project is for John Bartalotto, who is modeling the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in Z. The car is made from a modified Father Nature Reefer, that I cut the sides off of by scoring the plastic just at the tops of the stirrups with a straight edge, and wiggling the scored plastic back and forth till it snapped off. I also ground the ice hatches off the roof with a dremel bit. I spent 5 minutes work tops to prepare the car for the mod. Next I used transfer tape on parts to make peel and stick to put the outside bracing on the inner boards piece, peel and stick roof and roofwalk, and end hatches. I superglued the car sides in place, and superglued the doors on, as those parts would clog the see through effect with the transfer tape if I had used peel and stick on them. Total build time for one of these mods is maybe 1/2 hour including brush painting. The part that took a long time was drawing up the parts, cutting, test fitting, and repeat until it fits best. -Robert
Looks great! and should go well with your NP boxcars. They should sell those lasers down at the local hobby shop
Outstanding, Robert! Your work always amazes me......and the actual construction is just a fraction of it. The creativity you consistently demonstrate, and the ability to recreate just what you want, is just inspiring. Keep up the great work!
Great work as usual Robert! I'm confused on what parts from the Father Nature cars were used though. Just the chassis and the car ends? Thanks, Randy
Rob, Nice work, I did not notice how good this looks when you showed it to me earlier.... Can you also post a picture of the father nature original car, Just curious on how that looks like... Kim
Thanks for the kind words everyone. The car I started with is this reefer: What I did was shave off the ice hatched off the roof so I could stick a wood roof on top of it. I also made a wood roofwalk. This reefer comes apart as 2 pieces. The Roof and ends are 1 piece, and the floor and sides are another. After taking the roof/ends off, I scored the sides with an exacto and snapped off the sides at the height just above the stirups. Then I just superglued the new sides in place, and superglued the floor back on. Attached the end hatches, and the doors on the sides, and brush painted. The idea was to keep it an easy kitbash, yet end up with an old stock car that looked like the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad stock car that John sent a photo of. -Robert
