Just Plane Awesome (Boeing 737 Fuselage)

Very cool, nice job.

Dave

That looks great, I'd love to see Atlas do one of these, I'd take a couple of them.  Looks really nice and I'll be interested to see the rest of it.  Thanks for sharing.

J. Motts posted:

That looks great, I'd love to see Atlas do one of these, I'd take a couple of them.  Looks really nice and I'll be interested to see the rest of it.  Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks! They make the flat cars, but due to the crazy overhang I doubt many people have layouts that can support this. I factored this into my layout design. 

Great thread! Last week driving through either montana or south Dakota, there were a number of these on a siding, obviously on the way from Wichita to Seattle. Wish I had stopped to take a picture.

hokie71 posted:

Great thread! Last week driving through either montana or south Dakota, there were a number of these on a siding, obviously on the way from Wichita to Seattle. Wish I had stopped to take a picture.

That's awesome! Sadly I haven't seen it in person but I sure would like to. 

John Deere Airways? 

Looks Great!

Your model-maker did a beautiful job on that fuselage. And a great concept for your model railroad.

MELGAR

That is ridiculously awesome!!! Ever since the Pacific Northwest TCA made their version of your project in a minuscule size I’ve been hoping for a more scale like version. I’m looking forward to seeing the other details as you complete them. 

Cool idea. Glad it come to be.

Here are a few in Montana that you can pick up.

    Bill

Ouch, that is a seriously expensive accident. We need the guys from the maintenance of way thread to recommend a crane to fish those out!

Tim Ring posted:

John Deere Airways? 

 

Looks Great!

After Spirit Aerosystems finished building them in Wichita, Kansas they put a green protective coating onthe bare aluminum that gets washed off before painting in Renton. 

Bill T posted:

Here are a few in Montana that you can pick up.

    Bill

Will Ebbert posted:

After Spirit Aerosystems finished building them in Wichita, Kansas they put a green protective coating onthe bare aluminum that gets washed off before painting in Renton. 

So, This is how they wash them off?

Tom

K-line made a run of cars like this, however they weren't scale.

Boeing train passing through on the Seattle & Yakima RR

   Bill

Will, your work so far on this project is outstanding!  In case you are unaware of it, I highly recommend the book "Shipping Trains on Planes - Volume III" by Andrew Klamka, which has lots of useful details for modeling these cars, as well as very interesting history, rosters, and so forth. Best of luck with your continued efforts...

The GN Man posted:

Will, your work so far on this project is outstanding!  In case you are unaware of it, I highly recommend the book "Shipping Trains on Planes - Volume III" by Andrew Klamka, which has lots of useful details for modeling these cars, as well as very interesting history, rosters, and so forth. Best of luck with your continued efforts...

Thank you! That book looks fantastic! I'll definitely buy a copy. 

Bill T posted:

Here are a few in Montana that you can pick up.

    Bill

We're these salvageable or left there to rot away?

Here are some pics from the Seattle area you might like.

Nice shot of Renton! I use to see them every 4 days, blocking the road while they were pulling in to the Boing plant! Nice Pictures

Nice work Will! I've been wanting to model that as well, but like you said, it's hard finding a suitable scale 737. The K-Line set was cool, but I do wish someone else (Atlas, Lionel, MTH) would release a version. So, if your 737 is a custom model, who made it and what did it cost if I may ask?

robmcc posted:

Nice work Will! I've been wanting to model that as well, but like you said, it's hard finding a suitable scale 737. The K-Line set was cool, but I do wish someone else (Atlas, Lionel, MTH) would release a version. So, if your 737 is a custom model, who made it and what did it cost if I may ask?

Custom Air Models. With shipping, it was $310.

A few more from west of Lincoln, Ne.