Shortened flat car by 4"

May I ask what was the reason for  making it 9 inches.

You did a great job by the way.

@Bill Grafmiller posted:

May I ask what was the reason for  making it 9 inches.

Two votes on that one, are you fitting it to a specific load?

I cut between the supports under the car so it came out to 9".
I want to use this as the load for my Star Trek train.

That is cool, can't wait to see the finished result.

Yes . You also got my attention.  I have a few sidings that I could use shorter cars.

When gluing did you use a support of any kind under the car?

@Bill Grafmiller posted:

When gluing did you use a support of any kind under the car?

I could have but since this car has a plastic support structure I used that. I could have cut the steel plate which I removed from under the car and refitted but I added a plastic strip inside the channel you see below instead. This strip bridges each side of the cut. I did not put the steel plate back in but could always do so if I choose.

Thank you for your picture and information.  Think I will be doing a few myself

Cut with little pressure and stop midway to let plastic cool down.

Why didn't you just use a 027 flat car. 10 3/4 length.

I've had this car for 10 years and never used it since it's too long.
Also this one is better built then those cars which have riveted trucks.

Testing out different mounting options ...

Making a military train and it seems better suited to transport the Tiger tank ..