Hey everybody. I was wondering if anybody has ever made scale 53' spine cars? Atlas produces the most intermodal, but I don't remember seeing any. Thanks.
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Nope. MTH made 48' ones about 20 years ago but that's it.
Atlas Front Runner. Out of production. Shows up occasionally on eBay.
You would need to find a model of the 53' spine flat car in another scale.
The model could be 3D scanned for all the important data.
Then the 53' spine flat car could be 3D printed and or laser cut out of sheets and tubes of metal.
Andrew
@seank941 posted:Hey everybody. I was wondering if anybody has ever made scale 53' spine cars? Atlas produces the most intermodal, but I don't remember seeing any. Thanks.
Atlas makes a beautiful set in N scale. Been begging them to make them in O scale since covid. Maybe if enough of us keep writing them and letting some of their major dealers know to pass word along (TrainWorld, Muffin, etc....) One of the big missing modern pieces of rolling stock to move O scale forward...
Athearn has made a beautiful 3-car set. Any suggestion on a 3D scanner that could replicate?
@PiedmontNick posted:Atlas makes a beautiful set in N scale. Been begging them to make them in O scale since covid. Maybe if enough of us keep writing them and letting some of their major dealers know to pass word along (TrainWorld, Muffin, etc....) One of the big missing modern pieces of rolling stock to move O scale forward...
I bugged them about those and their 65' Trinity refer.
K-Line cataloged several spine cars in sets of 2 or 5, but I'm not sure if the models match the prototype for 53' cars.
-John
MTH made a spine car for 40' containers I think, but as others have said no 53' cats have been done in O Scale but I would certainly like a set, especially from Atlas. I have tons of their 53' well cars with more on order and a set or two of spine cars would really help round out the train (and maybe some UPS and FedEx trailers to go on them).
Rather than asking Atlas or any other manufacturer to make rolling stock, talk with a dealer. From what I've heard/read(?) Lionel requires a minimum order of 40; not sure the minimum order number for MTH or Atlas.
@Will Ebbert posted:MTH made a spine car for 40' containers I think, but as others have said no 53' cats have been done in O Scale but I would certainly like a set, especially from Atlas. I have tons of their 53' well cars with more on order and a set or two of spine cars would really help round out the train (and maybe some UPS and FedEx trailers to go on them).
The MTH spine cars were 48' and were last done about 20 years ago. Apparently their tooling was either damaged, lost or destroyed.
I'd also want Thrall and NSC well cars. Articulated and standalone. It's hard to tell from the artwork just who's well cars Atlas is doing for their rebuilds. I think it is Gunderson but maybe it's Trinity or...
I agree about the trailers which is why I was asking about the Bowser tooling.
@paulp575 posted:Rather than asking Atlas or any other manufacturer to make rolling stock, talk with a dealer. From what I've heard/read(?) Lionel requires a minimum order of 40; not sure the minimum order number for MTH or Atlas.
Lionel requires 40 models of a locomotive for a custom run paint scheme and 200 for a freight car. But that is for a custom paint job of a model they're already offering in a catalog. A newly tooled model would require several hundred of not thousands of orders.
Rdunniii, looks like a Gunderson rebuild to me. I'd like to see the Thrall cars which have square ribbed sides.
@Will Ebbert posted:Lionel requires 40 models of a locomotive for a custom run paint scheme and 200 for a freight car. But that is for a custom paint job of a model they're already offering in a catalog. A newly tooled model would require several hundred of not thousands of orders.
Rdunniii, looks like a Gunderson rebuild to me. I'd like to see the Thrall cars which have square ribbed sides.
No argument here but, have you seen the Athearn Trinity Backpacker well cars? The sides are inside braced just like the Gunderson's sooooo...
