Scratchbuilt D&RGW Flatcar - photos

This is my latest project. I'm taking a short break from my N scale layout. I used to be rather militant about just working in N scale but have strayed a bit in the last few years by building some HOn3 freight cars. This is my first attempt at scratch building a piece of rolling stock. The flatcar is an HOn3 D&RGW 6200 series steel sided, wood frame, truss rod flatcar. The car is built with styrene (representing the steel sides), wood, injection molded plastic details and brass and phosphor bronze wire. The 1" x 5" car has 247 parts, including about 35 individual bolts. Since there was no commercially available decal set I mixed and matched 37 decals from three sets. You'll have to forgive the cheesy photo with the penny. I know most of you guys are N scalers, so it shows that even though this is HOn3, it's not much bigger than N scale. Plus, you can see that those bolts easily fit into the 0 on the date on the penny.









Erik

 

Here's more photos.









Erik

 

Nice job! No, make that...OUTSTANDING job. And that might be understating a little bit.

THAT is an example of how you know you DON'T drink too much coffee.

 

Really exceptional build! I've put together a San Juan Car Co. On3 6000 series flatcar kit, and you've achived just as much detail as it has.

Wonderfull work!

-Cody

 

That's for sure. Beautiful work!

I didn't realize that an H0n3 car would be that small. Is it an N scale coupler?

 

Nice photo of the prototype, now wheres the model?

 

:thumbs_up::thumbs_up::thumbs_up:

 

mg: That flatcar looks incredible. You know you did a great job when even the extreme closeup shots of it look incredible. This is the work of a master. And it's so small. I couldn't do that well in G scale, let alone HOn3. Very well done. I love to see picks of your layout. I'll bet it's mind-blowing.

 

Just checked it out. I woulda won that bet :thumbs_up:

 

Fantastic model...how are the boltheads made?

 

Beautiful stuff Eric,I too dabble in my fathers Sn3 & have built a couple kits.It's very satisfying when one can bask in the finished product,very well done mate.

 

Thanks for all the nice words guys. With more and more cool stuff coming down the pike in HOn3, I realize I may have an HOn3 layout in my future.

Flash, That's a Kadee #714 HOn3 coupler. Essentially it's a scaled up version of a Mircro-Trains coupler.

Erik