Yep, Bobby did a killer job on that flexi flo hopper.
Welcome to Atlas Rescue Forums btw.
I guess you have to decide whether some cheap toy train set cars are worth the effort. IMO, some are simply not, like the box cars with the roof walk molded on. There are often much better alternatives availalbe so you don't have to spend all that time which could be used for one of the other many projects a layout in-progress will be demanding.
The flex-flo is defintely one of those models you can't buy off the shelf and have a decent looking model without upgradeing the toy train version, or laying out a lot of money on brass.
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Click on his name and you can see his recent threads and post, maybe you can track it down that way.
Heck, send him a PM. Maybe he'll send you a link. I haven't looked lately, and I don't remember what photo hosting site he uses, but you used to find all of his stuff just with a Google search.
He was also on Diesel Detailer alot too.
I haven't checked in the ARF for a while now.
Mike.
My You Tube
Hello guys. I've been a member of this forum for years, but all of a sudden I couldn't log in on my tablet. I thought I'd been given the boot. I found out I could log in on my wife's I phone. I didn't know that this good stuff was on the layout part, but was told it was. I'll be happy to answer any questions about my Flexi-Flow.
Bobby
Hi Bobby, is there a link and/or photos of the build process any where?
And, did you replace the molded on plastic tubing and piping on the bottom of the car, with brass?
Plano now has a kit for these cars, but I don't think it includes the piping. I know Sean Steele did a build of this car too, and his pictures are on the Plano site.
It's another one of your great builds, that I for one, never get tired of.
All of my photos are on Flickr. I can't post a link from my Phone, but you can Google bobbypitts44 Flickr and it'll come up.
Hi Bobby,I'm the guy that was WILD about you liquid argon car builds...cyrogenic cars.
And now I see you did this beautifull work as well. Lets see if I can link a few of the finish photos you posted on that other forum.
Brian
My Layout Plan
Interesting new Plan Consideration
railandsailAnd now I see you did this beautifull work as well. Lets see if I can link a few of the finish photos you posted on that other forum.
Simply click the "share" arrow and paste here...
air and discharge complete by bobbypitts44, on Flickr
Plano roofwalk and kit # 10930 by bobbypitts44, on Flickr
Thank you for sharing your skills and photos with the M-R community, Bobby!
Regards, Ed
I thought I had done it by clicking on the "copy image location" and placing it here. But obviously that didn't work,...or perhaps I forgot to hit POST,....done that before
Bobby,
....did you create that larger size manifold piping that hangs down off the one side (the piping that aways seem to get broken on the stock model car)? I didn't see where you made reference to that on the other forum??
Yes Brian, I built it all. I made the brackets from brass that the pipes hang from.