@Nation Wide Lines posted:Just started a project today. Making a c. 1910 American Flyer tank car.
Started with a c. 1910 3 step Chicago car frame
Measured the hole size and spacing from another freight car and drilled the holes. Filed and sanded the rough edges of the holes.
Need to strip the paint next and find someone to make me a 1/2 dozen wooden tanks. Not sure what color I will make the tank, but I will most likely try and match the orange tank shown on page 164 of the Greenberg's Guide to American Flyer Prewar O Gauge.
It is interesting to note that the tank shown in the Greenberg's Guide has an orange painted frame and the other 2 cars have black painted frames. My guess is the cars with the black painted frames are slightly later cars, as my other two c. 1910 freight cars have bodies painted to match the frame and the 1912 cars (with butterfly couplers) have black painted frames.
Here is my c. 1910 gondola, note the remnants of red paint on the frame and gold painted rim at the top of the body.
Here is my c. 1910 log car.
Here is my model for the wooden tank, a c. 1914 tank on the later frame.
I am having extra wooden tanks made, because I have an extra c. 1914 frame that is already drilled for the tank, and it is good to have parts.
NWL
Nice project. Were the original car tanks wooden?
George
