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tankcarsrule

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Scratchbuilt Freight Car Photo Site
« on: August 23, 2010, 08:45:17 PM »
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Here's the link to a great photo site. There are several types of cars, including center beam flats, tank cars, box cars, and several odd cars. Some of the cars were built from old wood kits, but most are scratched. Take a look, you'll be glad you did.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnsfhobo

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Re: Scratchbuilt Freight Car Photo Site
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2010, 09:13:46 PM »
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Their cool, but what's the point of scratchbuilding them? Their are great models of the same thing he's scratchbuilding for a decent price.

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Re: Scratchbuilt Freight Car Photo Site
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2010, 09:25:14 PM »
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Their cool, but what's the point of scratchbuilding them? Their are great models of the same thing he's scratchbuilding for a decent price.

You are so wrong!!! Name the models that you can buy. There isn't any models for anything he did, some are close, but not the same.

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« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2010, 12:27:44 AM »
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Their are great models of the same thing he's scratchbuilding for a decent price.

Who makes a Flexibeam in HO or N?

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Re: Scratchbuilt Freight Car Photo Site
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2010, 02:43:38 PM »
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Their cool, but what's the point of scratchbuilding them? Their are great models of the same thing he's scratchbuilding for a decent price.

No, there really aren't. Everything there is different from what's available.

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Re: Scratchbuilt Freight Car Photo Site
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2010, 03:35:27 PM »
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I have always wanted to build an N scale "Big Pig Palace" ... that was if I had 1 /10th the required skill and patience required............very nice site - Thanks !
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Re: Scratchbuilt Freight Car Photo Site
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2010, 10:11:12 PM »
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Dang, lots of nice stuff. I really like the NP centerbeam and woodchip hoppers

I think a few of the cars are available as models. The the Boeing parts box (Skybox?), the southern all doors (granted as a crappy bachmann model), and I think the woodchip gons.
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Re: Scratchbuilt Freight Car Photo Site
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2010, 01:01:24 AM »
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I have always wanted to build an N scale "Big Pig Palace" ... that was if I had 1 /10th the required skill and patience required............very nice site - Thanks !

You can get a "Pig Palace" stock car in N scale. (I forget who made them, but they are about 80' long) and there has been at least one magazine articale(sp) on bashing them to get allot closer to proto.
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