737-200 1:180 6.75" long737-300 1:180 7.25" long737-400 1:185 7.35" Long
http://www.flightminiatures.com/scale_reference.aspx
hope this helps
for much more i know a site that will build to any scale.
I searched for "boeing 737 scales"
Chose "Flight Miniatures Model Airplane Scale Reference Chart"
and found a couple of scales you might be able to use
this seems to ge a list of all available scales and livery
I doesn’t take much to model LGA these days a static model will do :)
Joe Staten Island West
Last summer, I was in New York City and decided to spend a few hours at Gulliver's Gate, an HO-scale model depicting scenes from most of the continents. It wasn't finished yet, but I really enjoyed the modeling.
This shows part of the airport, modelled loosely on Laguardia in New York.
They were working on the animation features, which include takeoffs and landings plus taxiing to and from the terminals.
It wasn't crowded, and they have made an effort to let visitors see into the process of design and construction by putting workshops right up front, where I got to talk with a number of the artists and craftsmen (and women) who were working that day. They mentioned that they had no luck finding quality airliner models in 1:87, and as I watched they were 3D printing one of them, in sections.
They use Faller cars (and others) to provided vehicle traffic, and there are a few ship routes using real-water canals and waterways. Pretty much every section has an HO-scale railroad running through it. They all run on DCC. Each is location-appropriate, but I was really bothered that I kept seeing Canadian National and Rio Grande boxcars in Italy, China and Russia. I made it my personal quest to find out why, and finally got a chance to speak with the "train guy" who told me they were straight out-of-the-box Walthers track cleaning cars. They had not gotten around to giving them better paint jobs yet, but still needed to keep the track clean.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
has a 737-300 1:180, 735-400 1:185
either for $18 or so. just search for 737 and you will see both
Great info! I live in Billings, Montana and currently see these railcars travel through each week!I am hoping to model them in HO scale. I have purchased 1/100 scale models which seem to fit well on the 89' rail cars I have. At around $100 (or less) each, they are still much cheaper than some of the other options I have seen around. Now, I just need to find the door and window decals. Haven't found much of anything, much less in the yellow found on the real planes. I can't imagine trying to tape off or otherwise outline all those tiny windows myself, but don't know how to make any window decals "pop" against the metalic green fuselages!
thanks for the tips everyone. Already found those sites and they provide lot of great information. Time to play and start building.
here are some dimensions and decent pictures to help scratch build it.
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~keay/planedoc.html
Army National Guard E3MOS 91BI have multiple scales nowZ, N, HO, O, and G.
That 'greenish' tint is a thin poly 'wrap' put around the airplane to prevent corrosion/oxidation issues while in transit.
The 1/144th models are a little 'fat'. and the 1/200th models may be a little under size.
You can get airliner decals of the doors/windows, and follow the suggestions here for painting the model:
http://www.con-sys.com/files/B737-800_Instr_Sheet.pdf
Read the lower part of the instructions - They suggest Testors Candy Apple Green over a base coat of Chrome Silver.
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
I wonder if this could be done with a rather traditional aircraft model material, balsa? You don't need the wings and a lot of other stuff. The windows could probably be done as decals or with a fine-tip marker. The ones I've seen lately have a weird greenish tinge on the fuselage, which is going to be something you'll have to do to look right, whether it's from a kit or your carving.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
thanks for the good information. I thought it would be a 800 or 900 series of the 737. The 200 was a good length for a n scale layout that's why I brought it up in 1:144 scale.
Those are nice models for the HO on that link. To bad they don't make it for n scale. I guess I need to find some flat beds and play.
Since it is a model any ideas what style of flat bed to be looking for to start the modding. like a COFC or TOFC?
Thanks
Robert
Most of the Boeing 737's being delivered by rail are model 800's - longer that the model 200 mentioned. The 737-800 & -900 are about 138' long. The actual fuselage shipped is a little shorter due to the nose radome & tail cone missing. Current shipping uses special modified 89' flat cars to hold the airplane, and either 60' or 89' flat cars for the idler under the tail. The 'width' if the fuselage is about 13'. BNSF usually moves the planes via the 'Hi Line' route through the Cascade Tunnel. There is no serious clearance issues, and double stack container trains are taller! Early on, the 737-800's were shipped in two sections. Some 757's were also shipped in sections by rail(757 production has ended).
There is HO models of these special cars available:
http://www.con-sys.com/aircraft_parts.htm
There are 1/100 737-800 models available(though they are rather expensive 'presentation' models). for those who want to try an HO model. Though the 1/144 models are a little oversize, they may be the best for an N scale model.
QRNational4101Hi all, I am planning to build N Scale replicas of the cars BNSF uses to haul Boeing 737 fuselages. The only 737 models I can find are 1/144 scale. I bought one to see if it would work, it dose fit, but it is too wide to be able to run the car with it. Are there any companies that make these models closer to 1:160 scale, or is there a way I can get around this. The only other size I can find is 1:200. Cheers, Antho
It's a sad fact of life that the model railroading and model airplane world have very different scales. Have you looked at 3D printing to get the fuselage you want?
I know this is an older post. But what model of airplane is everyone using. I was looking at one in 737-200 and looked really good in length.
Does anyone have any updates to completing this model. I would really like to have one.
Plus what size flat bed is everyone using?
hey anthony... there is a modeller in new zealand who has made some very nice ho scale models of the 737 / flat cars.... i sent ( my spare ) flat cars to him ... to get the right size he made the 737 out of balsa wood then covered the plane with plastic to look like a protective covering looks very good in photos.... ps georges party was good.....peter
Note that the Boeing 737 Fuselages are built by Spirit Aviation (which use to be Boeing until they sold the plant off) and the Wichita plant they are closing is/was for military airplanes so the 737 will continue to be built in Kansas.
I work in the Boeing Renton 737 plant and see the Fuselages being delivered at least a couple of times a week. Production is being ramped up to 35 planes a month and eventually 42 (recession, what recession?). From what I have seen, maybe 4 get delivered each time, usually by a pair of GP40 or GP30 's in BN or BNSF paint
Good luck with your project!
I would do something about that fishbowl cockpit. With a picture of a real 737 and some styrene strips, I'm sure you could upgrade the kit's appearance significantly.
Look at Steve's picture. The details I noticed right away were the protective octagonal steel ring at the front, and the interior structure of the cutoff wing. Adding these would make a more interesting model, too.
Here's a good pic showing how much overhang there is...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65483667@N00/3407932085/in/photostream/
Steve S
Perhaps you can pull the ol' spiral ham trick and remove a 4-6 rows of the best seats. Maybe a chunk from just behind the wing and a chunk from ahead?
Or, if you're really tricky, cut the tail off, just behind the wing and articulate the fuselage so it will move just enough to bend around curves. You can put an anchor on the second flat above which the tail overhangs to drive the articulation. If anyone cries foul, offer to let them build you a new home within which you may build an appropriately sized layout to run the car un-articulated. :p
-Mark
www.MarkWatson3D.com
I was speaking of the lengthwise overhang. You can see how far the tail sticks out over the second flat. Have you tried measuring how much side clearance you will need to transverse a 20" curve?
Coincidentally, I had ordered a 1:144 737 a few weeks ago. I don't have an appropriate flat car for it as I'll be using mine for something a bit more dramatic, but estimating the position it would travel aboard a flat on my 20" radius module I figure the tail will overhang about an inch to an inch and a half. Basically all the way to the center line of a second track (if double tracked).
What is the minimum radius of curve this load will need to travel? Could you measure the load on that curve and see how far the tail swings out?
Gday mate,
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See example : [IMG http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e303/OZJIM/Rivermodule.jpg /IMG]
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James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Given that the radius of track on which you're likely to run the 737 fuselage flats, I suggest going with the 1:200 scale model. While being under scale, so are 99% of the curve radii of track on any layout. With a 1:160 scale fuselage, chances are less likely the model will make it around curves.