"THE STANDARD CHEMICAL COMPANY" Tank car This is my version off the 5000Gallon "THE STANDARD CHEMICAL COMPANY" Tank car. Featured in a NG&SL Gazette number some time ago. The HOn3 drawing was made by Jim Vail . I scanned the drawings and scaled it down to Z-Scale. It's a nice tank car and will be a nice addition to Needle Eye Rail Road layout rolling stock. I have made my tank master out off brass rods and the flatcar from Strip wood and Styrene and then made a mould off it for resin castings so that I could easier make more then one car in the future. This is the H0n3 i modelled it after from the Gazette magazine. Since I do not have any white decals yet I have made my own white tank car version.
I use Micro-Solution from Micro scale to apply the decals so they follow the contours off the model. It works very well. Seal the whole thing with a spray off dull coat in the end, before adding some weathering.
Hi Torsja, GREAT ! There is nobody who could push you into mass production of all your wonderful cars ? :teeth:
Nice job Torsja. I love tank cars. Too bad its not modern. I could use ten modern tank cars. Still, I love your scratch build engines and cars.
Cool work Torsja! You always suprise us with your fantastic Ideas. I love your step by step articles on your website too. Thank you very much.
Very Nice! Torsja, That is an excellent addition to your already awesome looking rollingstock!!!! And Mass Producing them is awesome too!!! Great job!!! Hobo Tim
Go Modern mr. T Absolutely drop dead gorjus/but, but , but. not modern. Go Modern, Go Modern mr. T. Folks tell me please (and this is my opinion only) why do so many modelers like that ancient oogly ugly stuff?
Why do so many modelers like that modern stuff? I can see it right out my door and it doesn't impress me much. I think the era when railroads were king has a lot of character.
Thanks for the comments guys. I like the old stuff because they often used whatever material was available for them to build what ever they needed at the time. The engineering they did back then was just amazing for it's time with the tools and materials they had at hand. There are some pretty amazing creations they come up with back in the old days. To day the stuff looks pretty much the same too me all over the world. Even the Americans starting to build more European / Japanese looking stuff. No offence Not to mention the geniuses that built them when the communications and common knowledge really was not so good. To day you just call or fax somebody for the answer or go on the internet and get what ever information you need to build your stuff. But off course there are exceptions to day also. And some off the modern stuff is pretty cool. PS: On another note, I wish I had been 16-20 years old back in the 50-60's and lived in the US. Man, I would have had a lot off fun with street racing and Hot Roding going in to the mussel car era.
At least in the fields of electrics, commuter and light rail, that is true. However, the situations are interestingly contrasting elsewhere. For example, early Japanese electrics looked a lot like US boxcabs of the time. Conversely, in steam days, Australian railroad equipment looked rather British - buffers and chain-link couplings, 4-wheel wagons, Garratts. Nowadays, they look very American, because they're usually American-designed and sometimes American-built. And yes, I am a modern equipment fan (with exceptions).
Era 1, 2, 3 or 4, Turn of the Century, Steam, Transition, Diesel or Modern; I'm only in it for the creativity. I love the creations that have come up in Z. Whether it is a scratch built 'exact' replica like Chris's Berkshire's, commercial attempts at whatever (e.g. Micron Art's new bridges), animation or just plain honest scratchbuilding like Torsja's; it is all good. For a guy that pretty much has truly the materials in front of him, living in the area of Norway that he does, its a wonder that Torsja comes up with these creative beauties in the time that he does have to do it. Keep on Torsja.
Torsja, I am always thoroughly impressed by your creations. I went to your website to see your sequence. I may PM you later asking you how you created the mold. It all looks great! Adam
