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The flatcar is made from basswood. The tank is an Athearn 40' chemical tank without the platform. Scratchbuilt placards, staple stirrups, GL detail parts, and Walthers archbar trucks were added. An identical car lettered #11 was built also. |
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One of my first attempts at a
tank-on-flat. Basswood flatcar/HO tank. |
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An Athearn HO chemical tank with added walkways and ends. The platform had full railings but after the car was destroyed twice, I didn't replace them. Walthers brass ladder is used and has the sides bent 90 degrees in order to look narrower. |
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My son gave me the HO tank so I used an MDC HO freight car frame and built a flat. I attempted to simulate the riveting on the corner braces by drilling holes into the styrene instead of adding raised rivets. The straps are pinned to the mounting blocks with straight pins. |
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