brass tank cars Revitalized

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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wel well well

what do we have here

why its a brass tank car ugg looks to be junk

Built on the steel flatcar this car is still alive and well in yards

now lets see what I can do with this gem!

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here is the acid bath

hmm think I over did it

cleaned up ok…

theres still hope though

think I need more detail

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well looks like I will need some archbar trucks

I have no more hagen das ice cream this is going to take some time

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no one loves my old crappy brass tankcars

heres the wrecking team

looks like the crew is working ther butts off tying to move them tankers

single dome?

K

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Hmmm… needs paint and a little filing at the solder joints.

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Hello yes I like them. I just found some old mantua tankers one box 2 kits .It turnout to be a kit and half owell. Mine only has a brass center everything else is zinc. Are they going to the paint shop next? Good luck with them Frank

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hey 0-6-0 and cheese4432

its very difficult getting the buffed up finish

big time on the solder, this tank car is small what is it? 40,000 gal I have no clue

I guess the large gal tank cars are not to popular, when they crash, boom.

I was thinking of taking all the solder off this model and give it a good clean job, I like to fine the correct trucks for this type but its looking like $40 for brass.

these just say japan seem old but well done

K

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Don’t worry no one will noice the trucks are the wrong type. Besides a good bit of the solder will be hid by paint except for a few spots.

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I think those little ones are around 8000 gallons. Almost looks copper in a couple of those pics.

Looks good!

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Hello they look to be the same size as mine.Mine are 8,000 gal.Are you going to buff them to a high finish? I would try a buffing wheel in a dermal but be careful try it on the bottom first .I painted mine black for sun oil. I would clean up the solder but keep it there .I glued mine and you can see the seam at the bottom of the doom .The trucks are sprung cam with kit.Frank[:)]

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8000 must be oil

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Shiny![:D][:)]

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Look-en good so far. How did you get them so shinny? Frank

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hi frank

I used a bit of tomato catsup

its acid and cleaned it good I tryed to remove as much of the parts as I could but this thing wants to fall apart

I got 3 of these for like $30

I just need for find some nice brass archbar trucks

thanks for keying up

Ken

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hey look three

ken

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these trucks look good?

Freight Trucks with springs

or these Andrews Leaf Spring Trucks

bendorf

archbar

wow

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They all look good to me.