Nike missile model---Updated

I believe Don (Maui, Hawaii resident) built one and I think he was stationed at a Nike sight in California.  He posted photo's of his car on the forum some time ago.

 

Steve, Lady and Tex

No, but that's a neat idea and I'm sure that it will look great.  Would enjoy seeing a pic of the finished project.

-Greg

David, I just did a forum search for "Nike missile" and there is a bunch of stuff for you to look at.  It mention's Don's background with Nike also.  I hope he chimes in.

 

Steve, Lady and Tex

Yes, you should look at Don's pictures. He did a fabulous job with the missile. It actually inspired me to buy one of those Revell kits (fortunately a LHS happened to have one), although I haven't gotten around to building it yet.

Thanks guys I did check out Don's model and he did a great job. 

 

I will post pictures as soon I have it built and mounted on the flat car. That should be in a couple of weeks or so. 

Sorry, just got back from scuba and now have to go to dinner. I will post tomorrow. Don

I'm looking forward to seeing the missiles.  I visited a decommissioned Nike site north of Pittsburgh about 15 years ago.  Of course there were no missiles by then.

I'd like to have some nice Nike missiles.  I bought several of the RMT flat cars a few years ago with missiles on them, but they look more like Hawks, or just a generic missile to me.

 

I guess just because of the time and place, nothing says "cold war" to me quite like a Nike IV.  There was a time when I thought they were the meanest, most high-tech thing on earth.

How about a Peace Keeper missile train?  Remember the concept?  Rail mounted erector/launchers.  Scared the bejesus out of the Russkies!  We traded the concept for concessions in the '80's.

 

A train would most likely consist of an erector/launcher, (multiple?) command car and a water tank car for flame suppression in the exhaust chute. 

 

The Peace Keeper, Cruise missiles and Star Wars ended the Soviet Union.

 

The Peace Keepers were built right in the heart of Orlando FL.  I was fortunate enough to visit the plant in the early 90's for a service call.

 

The Peace Keeper could carry 10 WR87 300 Kiloton warheads.  

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Yes I did, but I just found it. Great job, I love the humor. 

 

One of my favorite cartoons of all time. It gets no better then Wily E.Coyote 

 

 

Super genius!  Or so he thought. 

I always wanted to do that, but with a SNARK.

A Nike Missile and Launcher for a flatcar.....

 

Sounds like a special load for a flatcar, never have done this.

 

Good Luck

No luck needed.

 

 

It would be nice to find some of these missiles in 1:48, but no....!

Don't they make Nike's in different sizes? 1:87, 1:36, 10 1/2?

...being 1/40 scale, this one fits perfectly on an O scale fifty foot flat car!

 

Let me put some eggs in that beer.

There no 1/48th scale as far as I know. I have seen them in 1/32nd and 1/40th. 

 

 

 

    Yup. The Revell model is 1/40 (close enuf for this application!). Missile length is about 10 1/2" long; Lionel scale flatcar is about 13 3/8" long.

    This is the model:

 

 

There is an example of the Peacekeeper launch car on display outside the Museum of the U S Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB.  There is something truly chilling about seeing the potential nesting place for a true "World Ender" in a package as small as a rail car. Could a piece of not that interesting looking rolling stock like this be the launching place for a civilization destroyer?  Somehow, the fact that it it didn't look that dangerous or hi-tech made it even creepier to see, especially compared to the exotic looking nuclear bombers and huge missiles housed inside the museum.

 

Really don't miss that aspect of the Cold War.

 

Ed Boyle

The original Revell 1:40th Nike still looks great after all these years. However, I can't tell if it represents a Nike Ajax or the later model Nike Hercules. Can anyone help with this? 

 

Either way, it makes for an intriguing flatcar load.

 

Ed Boyle

The Revell kit is a Nike Hercules (and it does look great, as you say, Ed). The most prominent differences from the earlier Ajax were the longer dorsal fins and the 4 boosters at the bottom. Here's a shot; the Hercules is at the left foreground, the Ajax at the right foreground:

 

breezinup,

 

Thanks.  That is quite an impressive line up of the older Army missiles, both SAMs and ground to ground.

 

Ed Boyle.

Ed, that display is located at the Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.

Almost done, need some more details on the flat car but I think it came out pretty good. 

I have six of them, They will be going on the layout on a plateau were I plan a Nike missile base to protect Johnville. Someday. Matt and Howard would not let me install it at AGHR. That is OK, it will go nicely on the New South Philly and Western layout.