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The 200 Ton 4 truck flatcar for longer HD loads than would fit in the MTL depressed length of their HD flatcar .
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134357637132

The early Schnabel WEX200 , 201 , or even the 202
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335054425141
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186171496577
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Re: 2 Flatcars not made in N but common in other scales wanted by me
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2024, 02:25:07 PM »
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Revisiting my version of WECX 200 (as seen here: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54890.msg753052#msg753052) is on the to-do, but I'm afraid it's a ways below the present 100 ton in priority. I intend to re-examine how I designed the end platforms with an eye towards including more metal to make the car more stable when loaded and see if I can improve the overall design with features learned from the 100 ton project (which, oddly, is my first car design... WECX 200 is the second). As is, the transformer load when combined with the pivot points of the trusses cause the outer trucks to be quite light on the rails. I also need to add features to make a 1980s version for export to a Kansas City area layout. One concession I had to make was the model sits higher than desired due to use of MTL Buckeye trucks and their design.

I misremember, and am too lazy to sort through posts: you have a 3d printer?

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Re: 2 Flatcars not made in N but common in other scales wanted by me
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2024, 02:34:12 PM »
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Same vendor you posted a link for also has one on FeeBay in N

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186255073894

I also did a layup for the F-34, but there was not a huge demand then so I never took it to production.

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Re: 2 Flatcars not made in N but common in other scales wanted by me
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2024, 02:56:39 PM »
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A bazillion years ago when Bachmann was showing their then-new HO Schnabel at a train show, I asked about a possible port to N. I was somewhat curtly told, “Sure. Come up with $200,000 for tooling and we’ll be more than happy to do that for you.”

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Re: 2 Flatcars not made in N but common in other scales wanted by me
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2024, 03:45:32 PM »
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Not exactly what you are looking for, but N Scale Kits has a more modern (and longer) version of the 4 truck flatcar-
http://nscalekits.co.uk/qttx55flat.html
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Re: 2 Flatcars not made in N but common in other scales wanted by me
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2024, 09:29:20 PM »
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Revisiting my version of WECX 200 (as seen here: https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=54890.msg753052#msg753052) is on the to-do, but I'm afraid it's a ways below the present 100 ton in priority. I intend to re-examine how I designed the end platforms with an eye towards including more metal to make the car more stable when loaded and see if I can improve the overall design with features learned from the 100 ton project (which, oddly, is my first car design... WECX 200 is the second). As is, the transformer load when combined with the pivot points of the trusses cause the outer trucks to be quite light on the rails. I also need to add features to make a 1980s version for export to a Kansas City area layout. One concession I had to make was the model sits higher than desired due to use of MTL Buckeye trucks and their design.

I misremember, and am too lazy to sort through posts: you have a 3d printer?

No I don't . In the last 6 months I have been sticking loads on flats and in gons , as well as Americanizing foreign stuff for MOW . I would really like MTL , Atlas , etc to produce RTR versions of these .


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Re: 2 Flatcars not made in N but common in other scales wanted by me
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2024, 09:34:38 PM »
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Same vendor you posted a link for also has one on FeeBay in N

https://www.ebay.com/itm/186255073894

I also did a layup for the F-34, but there was not a huge demand then so I never took it to production.

Then I would need to paint it and find decals . Thanks , but I want a RTR model .


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Re: 2 Flatcars not made in N but common in other scales wanted by me
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2024, 09:36:23 PM »
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Not exactly what you are looking for, but N Scale Kits has a more modern (and longer) version of the 4 truck flatcar-
http://nscalekits.co.uk/qttx55flat.html

Too modern for the 1960 cut off date , but thanks .


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