Finally finished the troop train

Skyraider Dec 28, 2022

  1. Skyraider

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    Back in February I started a troop train and finally completed it. It's obviously a generic troop train that could be found across the USA during WWII or the Korean War. It is a combination of troop sleepers, troop kitchen cars, one heavyweight Pullman sleeper for the officers, and several flats carrying military hardware.

    The military vehicles on the flatcars was pretty fun. There are quite a few photos online of these that you can use as reference material for building the blocking and placing the tie down chains. Some artistic license had to be used on mine due to location of some things on the flat cars.

    Some of the flats came from a friend, and they were pretty crude. After extensively reworking them, they are acceptable, but not exact prototype copies.

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    dalebaker, rye, NARLIE and 6 others like this.
  2. Mike VE2TRV

    Mike VE2TRV TrainBoard Member

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    That's fantastic!(y)
     
  3. in2tech

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    It really is fantastic. Great work @Skyraider !
     
    Last edited: Dec 29, 2022
  4. JimJ

    JimJ Staff Member

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    Very nice train and military equipment. Your effort paid off.
     
  5. Skyraider

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    Thanks for the comments. It's been fun.
     

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