Scratch Built Rolling Stock

[bbussey]

Dude, that's awesome. Got more of the OCS?

I have CR 10, CR 11 and CR 12 in various stages of assembly.  CR 12 will probably be next up, unless Rapido does a 10-5 in the near future which would push CR 11 to the front of the line.  Depending upon the ability to cannibalize the MTL heavyweights, CR 10 and others might also advance.  I already have the etched sides for CR 10 but no suitable heavyweight "core" to work with. 

CR 12 is etched sides fortifying an RP core.  I did the plated-over-the-flutes roof version with the vestibule steps permanently down, looks cool.  I should finish that.

Too many projects, too little time.

[Ian MacMillan]

Awe hell start putting out the CR OCS sides!

[Puddington]

Scratchbuilt......



My first scratch build - an MOW RIP car from about 1998





CPR COFC flats - circa 1960 - hauled on the rear of Toronto - Montreal passenger trains for CP Express packages. Scratch built the flat (which would have been the frame from a HW passenger car in reality)







The "Pacific" was my first scratch built passenger car sides and roof project - learned some things since then...........





CP Superintendants car number 7 was another early scratch sides project.





CPR HW baggage express was another early attempt.....







The "Cape Breton" Solarium Observation Sleeper was my first "success" IMHO..........................





Semi scratch - the mingling of parts form four cars to build an "A" class CPR diner.................





The CP Telegraph line inspection car - scratch built from parts of four cars and styrene......

I continue to 'tinker"..................... :

[wm3798]

Pud, I knew you'd be drawn to this thread like a moth to a flame...

Gotta love that Canadian Varnish...

[bbussey]

Awe hell start putting out the CR OCS sides!

Sides for CR 9 and CR 11 already exist - Athabasca does them for Canadian prototypes.  Some of the other cars can be fabricated from existing models.  The heavyweight observations, that depends on what MTL does.

[sizemore]

Sticking with the scratchbuilt theme, a Flexi-Van:









Wish I had taken better shots of the finished car before selling it, but someday I'll get around to building the rest of the castings.

If you ever burn some more from your molds I'd be highly interested in 1 or 2 of them!

The S.

[absnut]

In spite of claims that N scalers have been drawn into RTR and do not "model" any more, this thread sure gives testimony to the fact that those claims just aren't true!  ;D

[bbussey]

Well, not entirely true anyway.  These days, only a small percentage models to the extent of those that frequent these boards.

[sirenwerks]

If you ever burn some more from your molds I'd be highly interested in 1 or 2 of them!

The S.

Tim, N Scale Kits is offering this car, or about to. Side note - I just tried his web site and it didn't work. I hope NSK's not gone the way of the do-do.

[RDG_Rich]

Here we go...

Tanbark car. The base is an Alan Curtis logging buggy, with the tanbark framing built over the car. It's all stripwood and scribe sheet. It can be removed from the car, and the load is removable.



Built from photos in the Thomas Taber Railroad Era of Lumbering in Pennsylvania. GREAT books.

[up1950s]

Great car and results RDG_Rich .

[DKS]

Alas, the only photos I have of the only scratchbuilt rolling stock I've made are pretty poor. But they at least offer up evidence of the modeling I did back around 1973-75, while I was still in high school.

In this photo, the tank car and the boxcar were both scratchbuilt from wood:
 


The bobber was bashed from a Minitrix steel Western caboose. Here's a slightly better shot of that bobber:
 


Here's a rare color pinhole image of a wooden bobber that I scratchbuilt:
 


I also scratchbuilt the handcar to the left in this image:
 


I scratched and bashed several pieces of MOW equipment for a later N scale layout, but I have no photos of them.

[daniel_leavitt2000]

My one and only scratchbuilt car. I wish I had half the talent as most of you.
This is suposed to be an N11 transfer caboose. Ends and underframe are from an ER/Roco bay window caboose.

[bbussey]

My one and only scratchbuilt car. I wish I had half the talent as most of you.
This is suposed to be an N11 transfer caboose. Ends and underframe are from an ER/Roco bay window caboose.

You're selling yourself short - it looks damn good to me.

[GaryHinshaw]

What a great thread!