Price's Military Flatcars Updated 12/24/18

Shadow, awesome collection, are they O scale?  I did some military loads for my G scale flats, tanks, Howitzers, jeeps and even WW2 planes.  I used very prototypical hot glue to hold them down, I'm sure the real railroads hold their loads down with hot glue also.

Chris Sheldon

Chris,

Thanks!  Yes, they are all O scale.  Tamiya (and formerly Bandai) makes a line of 1/48 armor kits under the Military Miniature series.  Mostly WWII, but a few modern pieces as well.  They are available on "that" auction site... generally around $20-25 per kit.

The chains are purely decorative for my flats; the vehicles are either superglued to the deck or they have a nut/bolt combo through the deck and floor of the vehicle.  That depends on whether the vehicle has an open area or not.  Also, I weight my vehicles so that the vehicle(s) plus the flat car comes out to NMRA weight specs.

Glad you enjoyed looking at them.

Price 

Exquisite Price, just exquisite!  

George

Yep, really impressive.

Very realistic military loads.

Any tips on making chock-blocks - I need to make about a hundred of them and am hoping to find an easy and efficient way.

Paul,

I ordered some balsa wood already cut into 5/8” leg 45-45-90’s by 2 feet long off of Amazon.  For ten sticks it was a little over $20 with shipping.  Definitely not something I would want to rip on a saw...  I then just cut off a stick whatever width is appropriate for the vehicle tire or track and weather using isopropyl alcohol and shoe polish wash.  Hope this helps- any other questions just ask.

Price