Post by tjmfishing on Apr 23, 2014 21:17:27 GMT -5
A friend of mine bought some things for me at a flea market for $5 this past fall. Most of it was junk, but a Bachmann 250 ton crane caught my eye. The flat car itself is all wrong and quite crude but the crane car is well detailed and surprisingly, an accurate starting point. This will be part of my "Campbellton Auxiliary" aka one of CN's three auxiliary trains which once served the three divisions under the Atlantic Region - Halifax (NS), Moncton (NB) and Campbellton (NB) I couldn't find any photos of the specific crane I am looking for so I decided to model the one based out of Moncton and change the lettering/numbering a bit.
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=354094
First off I removed most (if not all) of the details from the "cab" including every rivet, cut some new window holes and wet sanded the entire thing. Then I made new sides from styrene stock with the "correct" window arrangement.
I then turned my attention to the "base" of the crane car and filled in the open pilots that were oh so common on older models to accommodate truck mounted couplers. I also cut off the truck mounted coupler boxes in the process and removed every rivet on this piece as well.
After filling the gaps I assembled the model for a photo. The flat car is an old Con Cor flat I had which again, is a very well detailed model for the era.
Total build time thus far has been less than six hours spread out over two evenings. It is going very smoothly, however I suspect finding decals will be a challenge...
www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=354094
First off I removed most (if not all) of the details from the "cab" including every rivet, cut some new window holes and wet sanded the entire thing. Then I made new sides from styrene stock with the "correct" window arrangement.
I then turned my attention to the "base" of the crane car and filled in the open pilots that were oh so common on older models to accommodate truck mounted couplers. I also cut off the truck mounted coupler boxes in the process and removed every rivet on this piece as well.
After filling the gaps I assembled the model for a photo. The flat car is an old Con Cor flat I had which again, is a very well detailed model for the era.
Total build time thus far has been less than six hours spread out over two evenings. It is going very smoothly, however I suspect finding decals will be a challenge...