Made it out of sheet plastic .
That's the kind of load that makes the imagination go crazy ....
Just what is in that crate ??
( could be a helicopter .?.?.?)
Rust...... It's a good thing !
Classified..one never knows!
AH HA!
A subtle clue ...
Yes!
Great work. Def want to know how you made it. Pls provide such information to get others inspired.
Roswell! Roswell!
So the load, which looks like one enormous crate not a seriest of crates next to each other, fits neatly between the bulkhead ends. That raises the interesting question, how was it lowered into the car and how is it going to be removed? If that sort of plausibility is of any importance to you, a few thoughts for whatever extra detailing would be called for (we are looking for mere plausibility here since actually I do not think a prototype load of this nature and size would be so tightly fitted into a bulkhead flatcar, at least not these full height bulkheads.)
One that it would be sitting on some sort of steel underframe that could be lifted by a crane. That is often seen in industrial situations not so much on flatcar loads but it can't be ruled out.
Another that it would be sitting on fairly thick timbers, perhaps four or six to fully support that load and thus create a gap so a VERY heavy duty fork lift could get its forks under the load. But again note just how HIGH that fork lift would have to pick up the load to clear the bulkheads. That would be a monster fork lift.
The third idea would be for the load to have lift rings (big eye bolts) on or near the four corners and perhaps two in the center again for an overhead crane to lift up.
Dave Nelson
Well I put a piece of .20 sheet plastic on my drafting table with a T square and triangles .I carefully measured the sides so that it would fit tightly.I laid out the parts with pencil and used an Xacto knife to scribe and break the parts out of the sheet plastic I used liquid cement to join the parts together and the top and side bracing was cut out and applied .Then I primered it and airbrushed it with Tamiya Desert yellow . Applied decals and set them with Microsol.
Ok I think I will put lift rings on all four corners which would allow the crate to be lifted out and put on a flat bed truck trailer to transport it to the base where it is assigned .