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Very early wip

O scale train wheel sets are $20.00 a pair... hopefully the train show will save me some money!

Anyone want to leave feedback? Good , bad, suggestions... let's hear it.

Any and all is greatly appreciated!

You are crazy!

Looking good one the first car. Wish I had some O scale stuff I could send you, but I only have heaps of N and HO laying around.

Fantastic! Could you buy toy-type christmas trains for flatcar trucks? or will it be fully functional o-scale train?

The idea is that it will "run " on o scale track. Still not sure about adding an engine. I want to get through all four to five cars first.

As far as buying a she'll. I thought about it but nothing looked cool enough and I could scratch build and kit bash for pennies on the dollar.

Two leman Russ kits, one chimera, and lots of bitz have already been sacrificed for the greater good.

I am sticking with just buying the wheel sets. I am just hoping I can find some second hand ones at the train show.

You will never actually see them so I am open to mixing and matching.


Keep the comments and suggestions rolling in.

One side of side skirts. not clued until I get the wheel set and make the final pass through cuts. The skirts will be cut to cover the wheels and still protect the underneath. It looks boring straight across.

I added the barricade and new side rail. Enjoy.


Feedback is a huge help please

One more

Looks good so far. Should make an interesting piece when done.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Looks good so far. Should make an interesting piece when done.

And by interesting you mean fething awesome... right?

I'd like to see it on tracks so it can be an interactive piece that moves 5d6 every turn or similar, with a major hit for things hit, blocking Los and movement, dropping extra ammo, etc. I do think a smaller car on the back with a quad gun would be sweet as well.

My plan is between 4 and 5 cars. You'll just have to wait and see what I have uup my sleeve.

Two defense lines are also being sacrificed. Stay tuned.

If your needing o scale wheels I can check the local train shop. I get deals there all the time on busted terrain elements, I'm sure he has busted trains as well. Let me know by pm if your wanting me to check.

 Theophony wrote:
If your needing o scale wheels I can check the local train shop. I get deals there all the time on busted terrain elements, I'm sure he has busted trains as well. Let me know by pm if your wanting me to check.

I appreciate that a lot. If the train show fails to produce any savings I'll hit you up.

Thanks again

Hi, long-time model railroader here.

First, here's an ebay search for full o scale trucks (not just wheels, the whole shebang):

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=&_osacat=19145&_npmv=3&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=trucks&_sacat=19145&_from=R40

Secondly, doing an search in O scale can find out a lot of banged up cars, old cheap plastic stuff that no one wants. Gondolas and flat cars and tank cars are great for 'instant model base'.

Try this search:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=&_osacat=19145&_npmv=3&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=lot&_sacat=19145&_from=R40

Finally, this search may ALSO be of use to terrain people...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=lot&_osacat=19145&_from=R40&_npmv=3&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=bridge&_sacat=19145

Hope this helps everyone.

--Brian

 Briancj wrote:
Hi, long-time model railroader here.

First, here's an ebay search for full o scale trucks (not just wheels, the whole shebang):

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=&_osacat=19145&_npmv=3&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=trucks&_sacat=19145&_from=R40

Secondly, doing an search in O scale can find out a lot of banged up cars, old cheap plastic stuff that no one wants. Gondolas and flat cars and tank cars are great for 'instant model base'.

Try this search:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=&_osacat=19145&_npmv=3&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=lot&_sacat=19145&_from=R40

Finally, this search may ALSO be of use to terrain people...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=lot&_osacat=19145&_from=R40&_npmv=3&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=bridge&_sacat=19145

Hope this helps everyone.

--Brian

WOW! Thanks for all the great links

Glad to see this thread bumping to the top of my sub list again. I know IRL has ups and downs so I'm glad I'm around while you're back in action.

I can't add anything more than Brian did. I was going to do some eBay research because I've scored some excellent terrain bitz by looking for 'O Scale'

5 cars? That's a ambitious project for sure. Hoping you the best of luck on that.

 Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:
Glad to see this thread bumping to the top of my sub list again. I know IRL has ups and downs so I'm glad I'm around while you're back in action.

I can't add anything more than Brian did. I was going to do some eBay research because I've scored some excellent terrain bitz by looking for 'O Scale'

5 cars? That's a ambitious project for sure. Hoping you the best of luck on that.

Thanks buddy. Considering I'm not on a time crunch and this has been a dream of mine for awhile I'm confident that five cars is not as hard as it may sound.

Three of the cars will be simple and two will be heavily detailed I will be knocking out the three easy ones first.

My goal is one per month and then painting.

Keep the comments coming.

I'd also like to hear what kinds of cars you all would want to see!?

Looking good and love the idea. Theres a old anime called Laputa flying island in the sky, its a great film. Very steampunk motif to it, but theres an awesome armoured train in that too wich i always loved the idea of. You mite wanna check it out simply for inspiration as the train itself massively looks like something the IG would have nicely tucked in their weird and wonderful variations of vehicles.

Armored Caboose!! -A project as cool as this deserves no less!

 dsteingass wrote:
Armored Caboose!! -A project as cool as this deserves no less!

Way better than my idea of a armored personal car. Make a Caboose!

And maybe sometime down the road, a giant rail gun!

Happy father's day gents.

Isn't a caboose and a troop carrier the same thing?

Not being a smartass I'm really not sure .

A rail gun is an awesome idea but that will have to wait for now.

Just got the HTC one
Macro camera is legit

Nice project......it reminds me on the scene of the "Space Marine " games when you have to fight the orks on a train! the platform, there were damn big and the train incredible.....


btw.....i think you have to make it large, so soldiers can move from the front to the rear of the wagon freely. how it is now, thins can't happen!

 madmartykmf wrote:
Just got the HTC one
Macro camera is legit

Haha, yeah mate, when I got mine I found it was pretty damn good at taking pictures of my models.

A Caboose is a crew-car at the end of a train
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caboose


A troop car would look just like any other coach car from the outside

But what would a grimdark caboose or troop car look like?

The same, but with rivets and skulls


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I bought some Ariadna figs almost a year ago, haven't touched them yet

I will note that dedicated 'troop cars' were built out of boxcars.

Most war trains do not have end cars such as a caboose. Instead, they have a locomotive at both ends, in order to facilitate rapid movement.

--B, model railroader