I was looking around the Schnabel and heavy-duty flatcar website (http://southern.railfan.net/shippers/shippers.html) and found a link to Concept Models (http://www.con-sys.com/productcatalog.htm). They make kits of Schnabel and heavy-duty flatcars. Has anyone ever bought anything from them? If so, what are your experiences and opinions?
I have the WECX200 car. The kit was not a “shake the box kit” but more on the “craftman line”. The end result is very nice. They do not supply trucks and you can add additional details like brake lines etc. as you wish. Very good over all. The instruction sheets are posted on the web site so you can see what you are getting in to.
Thanks for the reply.
An ALCO T-6 transfer/heavy switching locomotive would be a good concept model in HO scale. Mostly PRR and N&W, but the very last locomotives out the door at Schenectaty were for NSS (Newburg and South Shore). This Cleveland steel road means business. A high-quality T6 in HO will bring cries of delight around the world. The shell can go right on any number of HO S-series chassis. Begging for a T-6 shell in 2007 should not be like begging for an RS-3 in 1979. That said I do very much thank the various manufacturers for their efforts in our behalf. It’s just that I do not have the skills or equipment to carve a S-2 and S-3 into a T-6.