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Flatcar Loads -- Trashed Toy to Treasured Car

Someone, perhaps Todd (@capecodtodd ) had suggested using battered toy construction equipment to make loads. Kid-zilla and discussed then dropped the project…or so I thought.

Towards the end of the school year, he obtained a batterd 1:24-ish scale sportscar, complete with scratched windows, faded paint, and, in some places, scratched an removed paint. He carefully disassembled it, prepped it for , masked it, did some minor detail painting, and voila! A bit of timber, @David_Marconi_FOGCH 's old flat car (your Dad’s generosity in action, @David_Jr !), and the Triple O has some sweet American muscle to pull along the line!

He did the prep, the masking, and the finishing. I helped him remove a few smudges. Gentlemen, he has learned well from you! I am only sorry I don’t have any “before shots.” It was in bad shape!

Eric

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Now that is an eye catching load. Nicely done.

I would have been tempted to beat it up even more and place it on a flat car as evidence of an age old cautionary tale. No matter how fast you think you are you will lose the race when you tangle with and try to beat the train at a crossing. :grin:

That’s a good idea !!! Maybe take o junky one put it in a vice and give it a whack wit a small sledge hammer. I will have to look at all mine and see if there is a likely candidate!!!
Instant train collision wreck!

Very nice @Eric_Mueller, thanks for sharing, Kid-zilla did a great job with it!

Kid-zilla is going to need a new nickname. He’s getting to be a good modeler. Pretty soon he’ll be the one that makes the straight cuts with the saw!

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He OWNS Kid-zilla! But, yeah, he’s getting really, really good, especially in terms of selecting solvents, paints, and glues. As for the saw? Oh please, oh please, oh please…the sooner he masters the mystery of straight cuts, the better!

Eric

Has he got one of these?