Keystone Details announces Chrysler (Symington Gould) freight trucks

[Lemosteam]

The subject trucks are now ready for order!  Thank THBGUY for these.

They can be ordered here.

[thbguy]

Ordered 6 sets to start! Thank you for stepping up and making it possible for us to have these unique trucks in N-scale.
 Now I guess I have no excuse not to make GAEX cars!

Best regards,
Michael (thbguy)

[Lemosteam]

@thbguy , Are you suggesting a new resin cast offering, a la R50b?   

[thbguy]

A resin shell is definitely a possibility.
Still doing research at this point.

The body style is virtually identical to a series of NP boxcars and is kind of a gap in the 1950-1980 freight car fleet. I need to look into it more and see what interest there is in creating it (beyond my own). 

[nkalanaga]

Since I don't know which cars you're modeling, which NP series?  I model the BN in 1974, so anything post-WW II on the NP would be right at home.

[thbguy]

Since I don't know which cars you're modeling, which NP series?  I model the BN in 1974, so anything post-WW II on the NP would be right at home.

Sorry for not being clearer about that. These trucks were seen on the 50’ General American GAEX boxcars built between 1950 and 1955. They were unique in that they incorporated all of the latest boxcar innovations in a single design. The early series of these cars are a close match to the NP 31000-31499 series cars built at around the same time.

[thbguy]

And my sets of these trucks arrived yesterday from Shapeways!
I need to prep and paint them, but they look fantastic already.

Thank you, @Lemosteam for taking on this project and delivering on it so quickly.

Best regards,
Michael

[thomasjmdavis]

A resin shell is definitely a possibility.
Still doing research at this point.

The body style is virtually identical to a series of NP boxcars and is kind of a gap in the 1950-1980 freight car fleet. I need to look into it more and see what interest there is in creating it (beyond my own). 

Consider me as interested in one or two.