Anyone offering these?

[wm3798]

Pardon my lack of a proper Google search, tired of wading through 5 pages of useless ads before I get to any kind of meat...
But I want these, and would like to know if any manufacturers have them in their plans, or if anyone is aware of you know of a 3D print file.


Thoughts?
Lee

[mu26aeh]

Spring mills did them in Horribly Oversized

[wm3798]

Which applies to this conversation how, exactly?

[mu26aeh]

Which applies to this conversation how, exactly?

Thought you owned a shrink ray 🤔 

 

[jargonlet]

There was an article in one of the n scale magazines about kit bashing one from the wagontop boxcar kit. That’s about the only option unless someone wants to 3D print them.

[nkalanaga]

They might still have the plans for them, which would make it easier to make them in N scale?

[Missaberoad]

There was an article in one of the n scale magazines about kit bashing one from the wagontop boxcar kit. That’s about the only option unless someone wants to 3D print them.

A Keith Kohlmann article in the November 2000 model railroader... Made a very nice car..

[kiwi_al]

Something like this?
Crap wrong scale - doh!!!                                                                                                                     

 

[bbussey]

I figured out how to kitbash one from a pair of FVM models, but you need a milling machine. It would be easier to 3D print one at this point.

[Missaberoad]

I figured out how to kitbash one from a pair of FVM models, but you need a milling machine. It would be easier to 3D print one at this point.

You could use the Fvm car as your basis and follow Keith's method from the MR article.

Maybe not as clean or accurate as a car made with a milling machine, but Mr Kohlmann's results were quite good using the old Fine N Scale resin model.

To steal a quote from Lee a little putty a little paint, make it something that it 'ain't...

I have the article scanned if that helps at all...

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[SkipGear]

I'm almost afraid to post in here after what Lee's last request lead to....

I thought the hoppers were a relatively rare car but looking around for examples, it looks like there were at least 20-30 built. My son already started drawing up a very basic wagon top boxcar for his Fallout themed module. The standard box car used in game is a wagon top, I guess because it looks 50's art deco, which is the theme of the game.