WW2 US Army Flat Cars ???

[Anonymous]

Guys: I'll admit up front I'm not a railroader, however I have it in mind to scratchbuild a typical flat car of the WW2 period in 1/35 scale as a display for some towed artillery pieces in transit. I have the Army TM for each piece which shows how the items were to be loaded/secured, but the "flat car" appears to be a training dummy.

I have issues 17, 77, & 81 of the Train Shed '43 Car Builders Cyclopedia as a start. Would building something from here, be "period" enough ? Were there "War Dept" cars kinda like the later DODX or were most trains commercial ??? Or Both.

But most important, can someone provide me some references, preferably photographic, concerning WW2 era flat cars hauling military equipment, preferably artillery. I've googled around without much luck.

As you note, I will be in 1/35 scale. Are there good trucks & other detailing available in 1/32 (#1) scale ? My brief scan thru Walthers didn't show me much.

Thanks in advance, for any help I can get.

John

[Anonymous]

Sorry, I have no info for you, but welcome to the forums!

[spankybird]

HI John,

Welcome to the Forum



You can try www.diecastdirect.com for 1/32 scale models.

You may want to ask about the train pics on the Train Mag. Part of this forum.
Here is the link

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=111

tom

[railman]

Yeah, try in trains mag forum...much, much more traffic. Heated discussions, too. The value of the latter are debatable, though.