Short answer, yes. add some filler
Bill:
I did a railtruck (not car) that was mostly scratchbuilt but relied on a 1:24 plastic model for the cab. You can see the build here on LSC:
Here’s a picture or 3:
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If I could find a cheap Bachmann railtruck, I’d kitbash my next rail truck project…
There are a lot of 1:24 and 1:25 scale models. When I was a car modeler I stuck almost exclusively to these scales. And they work great in our hobby. right between 1:20 and 1:29.
All this talk really makes me want to turn my Chevy COE into one.
Hey Jim,
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your original post. It’s easy to be captivated by impressive models and immediately say "Wow, I could never do that! However, your detailed account achieved two crucial things:
- It demystified the kitbashing process, revealing the intricate thought and effort invested. So, now I’m saying “Wow, I might be able to do something like that!”
- It weaved a captivating narrative about life along the Durango & Jasper.
Great job! Definitely a MasterClass!
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Yea, they are not cheap anymore. When I did mine Bachman was blowing them out for like 75 bucks each.
Ken Brunt and I each bought some and developed some kit bashed trucks.
Mine are here. Rail Truck Bash, Again, sigh.
I had forgotten we had converted Dodge in Broken Hill at the Tramway Museum 
…maybe a good place to start?
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1950’s Chevy COE? As they say on the truck forum I read, “pictures or it didn’t happen” 
Please, lets see this unfinished COE.
Did you know, starting in 1952 you could get a Detroit 2 stroke oil burner diesel in your GMC, COE?
Yea, I have Ken’s two in my collection now. I want to keep them as unmolested as possible (adding sound to the one that doesn’t have it)
I thought that Todd built one for a Mik many years ago…
I did. It was the year you sent out flat car kits as a starter. I saw a neat MAC speeder in a book about logging trains and built mine to resemble it.
Rail trucks are really cool and so unique.
Here is a bash I did using a Bachmann rail truck and a LGB box.
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Wait I didn’t mean a real one. I am talking a 1:25 scale model. And all I have is the cab. I am thinking of making a Gscale COE railtruck,
These are the two I got from Ken’s estate. Rear one needs sound, but I have the parts.
I also have Goose 2, 5 and 6. I’d like a full set of the Geese, but I’m not made of money at this point.
This is turning into a railtruck/car vanity show. I’ve done some which have been posted here - let me see if I can find pictures.
This is a NENG kit (Model T?) that I tidied up and got working:
Then there was the railcar, whose origins are murky:
There was the monster railtruck, which was the front of a Bachmann railtruck with a boxcar melded to the back. I had to build a new rear truck :
This is the NENG railtruck, with a yellow Bachmann railtruck and my 1:20 Chevy (?) truck and a fake chassis. The latter is still un-powered.
A fun trip down memory lane.
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OK, just for fun I went and dug them all out and took quick pictures.
A heavily bashed NENG kit from way back, probably 20 years. Still track power.
Just finished this one a year or so ago, build thread is here somewhere. Battery, RC, Sound.
Another oldie. 34’ Ford diecast with scratch built frame and box, Aristo motor block. Battery. RC, Sound
The 2 Bachmann trucks pretty heavily modified and scratched bodies. Battery, RC, Sound.
I’m not sure this qualifies as a railcar but I threw it on here anyway because,well why not?
Anybody else want to jump in here?
Let’s see them.
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not mine.
a build by one of the old masters: Chris Walas.
(the pic is bad quality, but the originals all disapeared from the net)
Yea, Chris offered us a lot over too short a span of time.
for his missing pics i blame the gremlins. 
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Gremlins, maybe. But I’m afraid I would be a little less charitable and lay the fault directly in the laps of the newest owners of that other place.
Open that up to a MOW equipment and I’d be on board. I’ve got a few pieces of unique equipment on the someday do list.
Nah knowing a year in advance would be cheating. 
Or would the hardest part be not starting? Or have a non MIK MIK build. No money limit, the time frame is the 335 days between the MIK builds…
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Midsummer MasterClass?
Part one, Kitbashing same project… (could be difficult for OS Centralians)
Part two, pimp your rail truck?
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