Driving though Montana along side I-90 I came up on the Boeing Express heading to Seattle
Bill T.
That's so cool! I wish I had the kind of radii required to model car loads like that! Even a 1:144 scale 757 would need a pretty long flat, let alone a 1:48! Thanks for snapping these great pics! We don't get to see stuff like that very often!
Becky
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Penny I have at present 451 pics of trains some wrecks some just for show ect ect on my shutterfly account right here I think I even have some like this on there if you care to see heres the link to it http://rtssite.shutterfly.com/
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Cool! I'll check that out as soon as I get done here! Thanks!
Wasn't it K-Line who did a series of cars like them ?
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Yep, K-Line did the set for the TTOS NW division for the Seattle convention. A 3 car set, flat with 737, spare flat for 737 overhang with parts container and a parts container flat. Flats are all BNSF markings, containers are all Boeing markings. I bought 2 sets, the entire set goes for a pretty penney on the Bay.
OOPs, Wrong club, it was the TCA not the TTOS.
From what I can find on the Internet, it seems that the 727, 737, and 757 all have the same fuselage width of 148 inches, compared to the standard loading gauge of 128 inches. So this train needs to keep to tracks that have an extra 10 inches of clearance on each side.
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Penny Trains That's so cool! I wish I had the kind of radii required to model car loads like that! Even a 1:144 scale 757 would need a pretty long flat, let alone a 1:48! Thanks for snapping these great pics! We don't get to see stuff like that very often! Becky
Penny closer looks at the pics it looks like they use 2 flats the tuxx type flats yes it still would take a wide radius but thats what it looks like to me and that would be cool. It looks like the body is fastened to the front one and where the tail area starts to lift is where it starts it hang over the second car so it could be done with 2 scale flats I think and made to look correct. I believe the second flat is more of a spacer between planes and the box on them holds some parts/equipment ( just guessing )
heres the 3 pics I have had which the one is a lot closer so you can see better to maybe build one
Maybe this will help you some.
A few years ago I picked a handful of broken toys out of the garbage. One of them is a plastic plane, although I don't know what model it is. I have thought to make it a load but wasn't sure how to go about it. These photos give me a great reference to work from.
All I have to do is cut off the front, rear and the tail wings.
Thanx!
Picture of my K-Line / TCA 3 car set running on the layout.
They look great Bill
148 inches huh? And let's see, in those few inches they squeeze 5 seats and an isle times 30 rows...no wonder I never have any leg room!
Becky,
The ones I have been on have 6 seats across and an aisle. Usually I can get an exit row seat which has about 4" more leg room than standard. I had to get to medallion status with Delta to get this seat, and for some reason, the exit row seats are hard as a brick on a 737-800.
Bruce
Six across--you're thinking of a DC-9!
Nope,
The DC-9/MD-80/MD-88 is five across. All of the Boeing planes except the 767, 747, and 777 are six across. Go to and scroll down a little ways. There is a dimensioned drawing of the cabin. http://www.google.com/search?q=737+dimensions&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=667&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=z70tTpjxAsbY0QG22bXkDg&sqi=2&ved=0CC0QsAQ
I think there's some confusion here:
I posted, "...the 727, 737, and 757 all have the same fuselage width of 148 inches..."
Becky posted, "148 inches huh? And let's see, in those few inches they squeeze 5 seats..."
Bruce and I responded to Becky at the same time, "The ones I have been on have 6 seats across and an aisle," and "Six across--you're thinking of a DC-9!"
Then Bruce, I think under the impression that I was responding to him and claiming six seats for the DC-9, posted, "Nope, The DC-9/MD-80/MD-88 is five across."
To summarize the seat situation: Boeing 727, 737, and 757--six across. DC-9 et al.--five across.
Yup
Well, I haven't been on anything in that size range in quite awhile. Smaller and bigger, yes.
My personal favorite is the 47-400 2 or 3 rows aft of the wing where you can really see and feel the power as they thunder down the runway with all the overhead bins rattling! Korean Air pilots have a knack for smashing you back into the seats on take-off and into the seat in front of you on landing! United 47 pilots are a bit nicer though! I also flew a Thai triple 7 from Bangkok to Inchon once, that was a very cool plane too! I especially liked the Thai IFEN! Other than those, and regional Embraer's, I haven't been on anything not rated for transoceanic since 1991. Which is too bad because I really love flying! However if I ever get the chance to go around to the other side of the planet again, I'd like to Amtrak it to LA and then fly out of LAX. And maybe fly in to JFK or LaGuardia and Amtrak it again back to Cleveland on the return. Anyhoo, gotta win the lottery first!
Becky, I'm always happy to feel lots of acceleration on takeoff and lots of deceleration on landing. I prefer it to running out of runway...;-)
lionelsoni Becky, I'm always happy to feel lots of acceleration on takeoff and lots of deceleration on landing. I prefer it to running out of runway...;-)
There a lot of Boeing videos on YouTube.
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