Models that don’t exist

Mr. Trainiac Jul 30, 2018

  1. Mr. Trainiac

    Mr. Trainiac TrainBoard Member

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    I am working on my Green Diamond right now, but I always like to think about my next project. Plastic model manufacturers have really branched out and most rolling stock and modern locomotives can be found these days, and brass fills in the gaps, but what trains have never been made into models before? I have my eye on the ACF Motorailer as my next project, but I’m sure you guys know of other trains from your own roads. Maybe you can convince me to do some obscure freight car. I need ideas here!
     
  2. acptulsa

    acptulsa TrainBoard Member

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    Maybe it's not worth the trouble, as they didn't last long and aren't that hard to kitbash. Very early piggyback cars, which were generally 50' flats with side brake wheels, modified with low side boards. As purpose-built piggy flats were developed, these tended to have their modifications removed, so they didn't last long in that form.

    The EMC doodlebug is pretty common, but the Brill--like Santa Fe M-160--isn't. People might be hungry for one of those.
     
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    The M-160 is pretty cool and I didn’t realize that it was preserved. It looks like Hallmark already has an M-160, although it is older and is obviously outdated. It also doesn’t have the cowl that m-160 has on its roof now. I was looking through some of my kits and found one of those Ambroid Southern Hogshead boxcars. Did Southern have any cool steam locomotives or diesel switchers in need of modeling?
     
  4. VinceP

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    Southern had a lone NW5.

    Clinchfield had an NW3.

    GN had both NW3 and NW4 and 10 NW5
     
  5. friscobob

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    Frisco also had a few doodlebugs, but I don't recall the builders of the prototype. They also had one Whitcomb and two Davenport 44-tonners. The shells sound like subjects for a little 3D building
     

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