Broadway Limited Sound Stock Car Review

[GN Fan]

Max, you just posted what I was thinking.  Is it possible to swap shells?  That is the only reason I would buy one.

Tom Todd

[Denver Road Doug]

I suspect they'll sell a bunch of these.

I have to admit the sound isn't quite as offensive as I would have guessed, and I daresay in the right environment would actually add to the ambiance.   Being from northwest Texas, there are days/locales where the sound of livestock does take over, believe it or not. (no jokes)   

Modeling mostly modern, I have little use for them anyway, but I say again I bet they'll do ok despite the ridiculous look of the tooling.   

Next stop?  Olfactory feed lot spray.       MooPooPourri anyone?   

BTW, Mike thanks for the video...great stuff as always.

[Cajonpassfan]

Modeling mostly modern, I have little use for them anyway, but I say again I bet they'll do ok despite the ridiculous look of the tooling.   

Next stop?  Olfactory feed lot spray.       MooPooPourri anyone?   

No need, they kind of stink already

[ridinshotgun]

You can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig.  The 1960's want their tooling back.

I know a fair amount of orders for the non sound cars were cancelled because of the tooling. So it isn't really a minor problem that can be overlooked.

[Cajonpassfan]

Here's one for sale on feebay.
Surprisingly, the air hoses are nicely modeled, with fittings

[Denver Road Doug]

You can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig.  The 1960's want their tooling back.

Maybe they should just shove them in a Con-Cor box and the transformation will be complete.

[peteski]

Here's one for sale on feebay.
Surprisingly, the air hoses are nicely modeled, with fittings

The hoses look of by the fittings look slightly out-of-sale. 

[Chris333]

Whole car looks like it was microwaved 

[wazzou]

The trucks seem a little to near the ends to me?
Has anyone identified a prototype (assuming open slats, of course) for this car or what they were trying for?

[Dave V]

Whole car looks like it was microwaved 

They plump when you cook em?   

[peteski]

They plump when you cook em?   

Plump model stock cars?  I like that! Sort of reminds me of egg-planes. 











But even those seem to have better rendered details than that cattle car! 

[Missaberoad]

The trucks seem a little to near the ends to me?
Has anyone identified a prototype (assuming open slats, of course) for this car or what they were trying for?

Absolutely... The prototype is a PRR K7 stock car.

http://prr.railfan.net/freight/freightphotos.html?photo=PRR_135499_K7A_MLC1939.jpg&fr=clK7
http://prr.railfan.net/freight/freightphotos.html?photo=BuildersPhotos/K7a_135499_Side_BillLane.jpg&fr=clK7

[ljudice]

I want one with velociraptor sounds...

[nkalanaga]

Isn't the K7 the one that's full of tribbles?  Maybe that's why the sides are solid.

Seriously, as others have pointed out, this is NOT a 1960s car.  N scale stock cars in the 1960s had open sides.  This is too primitive for the 1960s. Or, maybe, they plan to use it to haul grain.  The GN, and later BN, actually lined stock cars with plywood and hauled grain in them when they were short of boxcars.

[peteski]

Isn't the K7 the one that's full of tribbles?  Maybe that's why the sides are solid.

Seriously, as others have pointed out, this is NOT a 1960s car.  N scale stock cars in the 1960s had open sides.  This is too primitive for the 1960s. Or, maybe, they plan to use it to haul grain.  The GN, and later BN, actually lined stock cars with plywood and hauled grain in them when they were short of boxcars.

But even if this model was depicting a grain-carrying car, would the simulated grain inside the car moo?