Large Scale Central

Simple use for 'spare' flat cars

Modeling
#1

Thanks to a little horse trading with a fellow club member (Thanks Bill) I picked up another Bachmann 1:20.3 flat. Thought you can never have too many flats…Uhm, yes you can. :slight_smile: I wanted to add a gondola to my yard but several recent major motive power acquisitions kinda put a damper on the rolling stock budget…but with a free morning and some spare styrene we fixed that! This evening I will add a few stake pockets to the flat and paint it to match. Not ‘scale’ but quick and easy, just the way I like it!

#2

Nice work.

#3

Nice work.
Now filth and rat it up.
:slight_smile: :slight_smile:
You can’t have enough flats.

#4

John,
I don’t do that! I ‘gouged’ the ‘wood’ to make it look older but my cars are always pristine!

But then I see pictures of most narrow gauge railroads and I think, “Hmm, John might just be right on this one”. :wink:

#5

There all out shopped new once. Yours is new.
But later on after years of use and mistreatment…:slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

#6

Mark,
You’re welcome! Looks Great!
How do you do the “Vee” grooves in the styrene?
Free hand or is there a tool?
The GP makes a Great addition to “The Flybye,Knight and Salvage R.R.”
Bill

#7

Bill,
The side boards are separate styrene strips pre-beveled with a razor plane and “gouged” with a utility blade. Glad to hear the GP arrived safe and sound!
Mark