Ztrack Craftsman Kits has released Great Northern and Rio Grande 53' bulkhead flat car kits. The kits are designed and supplied by Robert Ray. The kits are laser etched wood. Illustrated instructions are included. The kits come with trucks and couplers or without. CSX, Frisco and NS 53' bulkhead kits are also available. For more information or to order, please visit: Ztrack Center Rob Kluz
Received my Rio Grande kit today. Looks great. I have a question though. Does each kit from a specific road come with the same road number (mine is DRGW 22737) or are there a bunch of different road numbers?
robert will certainly clarify this, but i believe there is one decal set for Rio Grande, and therefore, only the one number set. dave f.
If you need additional numbers, Robert usually can make new ones, but he wants something a trade and not money. New items from BLMA is good barter material.
Actually, on the sheet I printed then laser precut 50 different car numbers, so each kit will have a different number. Probably will not sell 50 of the DRGW, so it's impossible to end up with 2 of the same number until the first 50 are gone. Sneeky huh?
Those look mighty nice. Good work Rob! It looks like they can be built without the bulkheads, making a good standard flatcar. But then the bulkheads are the best part. Decisions decisions...
Curn, Robert does have the flatcar version. Its just not maketed yet. Maybe it will the next car to be release. I know I want one.
The ERIE car is an older style 53' flatcar, and this NP car represents the newer cast steel underframe type: