The "Big One" -- an O scale Cylindrical Hopper in Proto:48

[Smike]

Awesome work (and not overdone!) and look no 3rd rail! 

[ednadolski]

Restored broken image links.

Ed

[Lemosteam]

The flat backs of the wheels tho. 

Out of your control, otherwise I the model is perfect and this is my first time seeing this.

[ednadolski]

The flat backs of the wheels tho. 

Yep, that's the NWSL wheels.  The Protocraft wheels have the correct back profile, but do not fit into the converted Atlas truck. (The Protocraft roller bearing trucks have been sold out for years, but I am still hoping that they will get more "some day" -- hopefully before I die...  )

Ed

[svedblen]

Wow! I never saw this thread before. Amazingly detailed wheathering and rusting! You stun me, as always 

[Ken Ford]

Yep, that's the NWSL wheels.  The Protocraft wheels have the correct back profile, but do not fit into the converted Atlas truck. (The Protocraft roller bearing trucks have been sold out for years, but I am still hoping that they will get more "some day" -- hopefully before I die...  )

Ed

I’ve been trying to get Norm’s attention to ask about that.  I like Jim Lincoln’s conversion bolsters for Atlas trucks, but the Protocrafts are exquisite.

[ednadolski]

the Protocrafts are exquisite.

That's for sure!  (I just posted this pic in the P:87 thread, but I'll add it here too for completeness  )




Sure hope that Norm will have some more of these (and the 70Ts) soon!


Ed

[Cajonpassfan]

Sure is BIG! Beautiful work.
Otto K.

[ednadolski]

Sure is BIG! Beautiful work.
Otto K.

Really you have to see these in-hand to appreciate them.   One pair of those trucks tho costs more than that Railbox sitting behind it in the pic     (about as much as some N scale diesels).   

Ed

[GaryHinshaw]

How much does one of those trucks weigh?  It looks like it could be an actual pound or so.