Has anyone bought and assembled the Tichy Train Group 40 foot flatcar kit? No. 4021.
I am interested to know if the deck of the flatcar and the under-frame are two separate pieces, or if it is one piece. I am interested in kitbashing the car into a modern logging flatcar and need to remove some of the flatcar deck.
TIA
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
Is this the one that also can be made into a low-sided gondola? If so, I've built that particular Tichy kit, and the deck, sides and underframe are separate mouldings.
This is what mine looks like, I built it into an ash-pit car using the supplied gondola sides.
It's a fun kit to build--LOTS of parts, but also very versatile. I think you could kit-bash it into a modern logging car with not much trouble.
Tom
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Not the same kit, but I suspect that the basic car was a 40 foot flatcar as your kit description states. And by seeing the way they reuse car parts and kits for more than one type, I am going to assume that the one I was looking at is the same as yours without the wood gondola sides and go for it. Thanks Tom.
By the way, nice work there Tom.
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I just looked at one. The deck is a separate piece, but on the bottom are cast on the logitudinal stringers (4) and part of the top of the center beam. I guess you have the option of modeling a car where they removed the stringers, but you'll have to add something to the top of the center beam to have it look right. I think typically that would be a 3/8 thick steel plate. Rivets on the edge would be nice. For the stringers, it might look really nice to drill holes for the bolts for attaching the decking. I think the stringers would be modeled with angle iron (plastic). I'm not sure how often the workers removed the stringers from cars. They don't really need to be there as there's no longer a deck to support, but removing them takes time (money). Also, I think sometimes they left the deck on the ends beyond the bolster.
Ed