The Modelers Thread

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Flat car is basically complete; off to the paint shop.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Gondola is basically complete; paint shop time.

[gregj410]

Looks really cool Are all those bolt castings individually placed?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks really cool Are all those bolt castings individually placed?

Thanks!

Yes. All individually placed.

[robert.]

Exterior roof along with 2 supports

[gregj410]

Looks great Robert! All these car kits may inspire me to try my hand at one. Id like a vat car eventually to go with my cannery. I should probably finish my miners cabin first

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looking good, Robert. Coming right along!

Id like a vat car eventually to go with my cannery.

Pickle car? There was a good article in an early issue of OST on scratchbuilding those.....

[gregj410]

Looking good, Robert. Coming right along!

Id like a vat car eventually to go with my cannery.

Pickle car? There was a good article in an early issue of OST on scratchbuilding those.....

Yes, sorry I meant pickle car. There is a kit on eBay that looks interesting. Something daunting about building cars with metal castings, bending metal parts, trucks and bolsters, etc. stuff I don’t know much about. The kit on eBay doesn’t come with trucks.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looking good, Robert. Coming right along!

Id like a vat car eventually to go with my cannery.

Pickle car? There was a good article in an early issue of OST on scratchbuilding those.....

Yes, sorry I meant pickle car. There is a kit on eBay that looks interesting. Something daunting about building cars with metal castings, bending metal parts, trucks and bolsters, etc. stuff I don’t know much about. The kit on eBay doesn’t come with trucks.

Only kits for pickle vat cars were Hawk and later Walthers........pretty crude stuff in both cases, but maybe suitable starting points, and also amenable to being build up nd modified to be pretty decent.

Pickle coffin car kits were made by Lobaugh (getting pricey and also just a wee bit crude, ) and the resin kit from Tracks Unlimited (OOP, but very nice). Both have issues with prototype conformity.

Pickle coffin car was also imported by Overland. Very nice!

[gregj410]

Here’s one on eBay. Looks really cool, too cool for 3 rail.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164513706721

Here is the kit I was referring to

https://www.ebay.com/itm/402214497468

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Here’s one on eBay. Looks really cool, too cool for 3 rail.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/164513706721

Should - that's the Overland brass import

Here is the kit I was referring to

https://www.ebay.com/itm/402214497468

That's On30. Probably a bit small,

[robert.]

Mr.poplar has one.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/O-SCALE-2-RAIL ... SwvtNgC6AN

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Mr.poplar has one.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/O-SCALE-2-RAIL ... SwvtNgC6AN

Right - that's the Hawk/Walthers kit. Pretty crude and inaccurate, but...........building an accurate car is not all that hard.

Plans for these are available.

[J. S. Bach]

Mr.poplar has one. ...snip...

He has several; a K-Line, a Lionel and several "kit" types. The K-Line seemed to be in the best shape of the bunch. Note that is not a statement of the model's accuracy, just physical condition.

I have a K-Line (Keokuk Canning Co.) car (to be two-railed) that I like and an unknown kit-built one (Heinz) that I got at a prior Strasburg meet. That is probably enough pickle cars for my (or any) layout.

[gregj410]

Mr.poplar has one. ...snip...

He has several; a K-Line, a Lionel and several "kit" types. The K-Line seemed to be in the best shape of the bunch. Note that is not a statement of the model's accuracy, just physical condition.

I have a K-Line (Keokuk Canning Co.) car (to be two-railed) that I like and an unknown kit-built one (Heinz) that I got at a prior Strasburg meet. That is probably enough pickle cars for my (or any) layout.

I have the same K line canning car. Looks better than the Lionels. Maybe kadees and a little weathering would do the trick.