Hello, I was wondering if an HO scale 89 foot flat car would be suitable for my lizard to sit on. He's about a foot long including his tail. Does anyone know of a flat car that would also be wide enough for him? He's kinda fat
His name is Vincent by the way if any of you were wondering.
Sorry, random question I had. I just thought it'd be cool to have my lizard go around a model train track.
I don't know how toungue-in-cheek you intended this to be, but an 89 foot flat car is about 12 inches in real life. You see HO is 1:87, so an 87 foot flat car would be exactly 12 inches.
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How will you get the lizard to sit still?
How will you control the lizard from jumping off of the flat car and destroying the train?
What kind of lizard?
-Kevin
Living the dream.
When I read the title to your post, at first it sound's like you want to trade a flat car, for a lizard.
If you are Not pulling our chain, and seriously do want your lizard to "go for a ride", Might I suggest a few safety lesson's for him first?
Rust...... It's a good thing !
My lizard's pretty docile and doesn't move much unless you set him on the carpet. Then he'll be looking for a place to sleep.
He's a bearded dragon. And now that you've mentioned it, I think I'll just take pictures of him on the flat car itself, and not have him ride on the train. Kinda like godzilla
I'd be careful with the track current, unless you want fried lizard... just something to consider...
Steve
If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough!
lazyfortressHe's a bearded dragon.
I had a Bearded Dragon named Orc for a long time. The darned thing lived for 15 years!
We get these big beetles that would fly into the garage on wargaming/beer drinking nights with my buddies. We got really good at catching them with needle-nosed pliers and tossing them into Orc's cage. Watching him attack and eat them was always a hoot.
He was very docile. I think a G scale gondola would work well for what you asked about. Just hope no crickets walk by! Orc would destroy anything in between hims and a crunchy cricket.
Glad you decided to just take static photos. I would be concerned about toes or tail getting caught under the wheels or in the trucks.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Those bearded lizards move pretty quickly when food is involved: https://www.yahoo.com/news/bearded-dragon-goes-absolutely-crazy-141512121.html
maxmanThose bearded lizards move pretty quickly when food is involved:
Just imagine how fast that little guy could go if he (she) wasn't on a smooth floor with no traction!
We had a reptile pet with similar charactaristics (I may have told this story before). It was a turtle. Normally it was pretty slow, but occasionally we would pop a couple of small goldfish into it's tank for food. Well! Said slow turtle was suddenly something out of a superhero comic book! The goldfish lasted less than 30 seconds! One time we mistakenly put in half a dozen before we went on vacation naively thinking that they would last for at least a few days. Wrong!! 'Wise Eyes' as the turtle had been named by our eldest son took all the goldfish out in a couple of minutes. The tank was full of gold scales which might have been an interesting sight if you hadn't witnessed the carnage that preceeded the magical gold sparkles in the water!
Contrary to popular belief, the turtle was actually very sociable. We used to let him (her - who knows) out of his tank for regular exercise sessions. Sometimes he would take a few laps around the rec room but he was often more interested in finding a nice warm 'log' to rest on. I would sit with my legs stretched out and my ankles crossed and he would climb up my legs and up my chest and sit on my shoulder. Seriously! I could feel him (her, it) breathing in my ear! He, her, it would stay there as long as I allowed, and I never lost an earlobe!
Wise Eyes outgrew its tank and we decided to not spend the money on a bigger habitat, so we got rid of it. I still regret that decision regardless of how much work it was to keep the tank clean (turtles poop a lot!) If we had kept it we would have had a sizeable turtle on our hands by now. I'm feeling melancholy right now. Darned pets get under your skin!