I’ve been wasting time and money after a friend (?) told me I could search the whole of Hibid, the auction software site used by many auction houses, for trains. Some of the auctions are for all sorts of toys, trains and miscellanea, so g scale trains don’t always get a lot of bids.
This little homemade stock car came up a few weeks ago, and I won it with a bid of $5. With buyers premium and shipping, it actually cost me $36.53, including the nice wooden plinth, a model steer and 4 LGB rail stops.
I’m putting together a little Civil War train (more on that in a later thread) and I figured the stock car could hold the horses for the cannons on my flatcar. A homemade car would be appropriate. But it was too big - the proportions didn’t look right. So out came the saws.
After cutting through the uprights on the side, I used the mini table saw to cut the ends as there were some thick uprights at the corners, and I cleaned off the sides to just above the floor.
I think the builder was testing his new pin-nailer. Look at the inside:
I managed to sand the bottom and I have started to try and level the body at the new height. I might add a trim strip along the bottom to disguise any gap. The underside of the base will get painted black while it is in 2 pieces - the rest will probably be flat red primer.
It’s a bit crude in construction (lovely) so I’m not sweating making it too nice. I don’t like the roof, with the walkway built in to the ridge, so that’s probably coming off next.
