Does anybody have pictures of Bachmann’s 1:20.3 boxcar (besides the one posted on their website)? I need to see how large it is when compared to a regular Bachmann boxcar.
Thanks!
This is the first I’ve heard of Bachmann offering a 1:20 boxcar. If it’s true I’d be very interested in learning more about it myself.
Walt
The only box car advertised as 1:20.3 by Bachmann is in fact a very small offering representing an early boxcar. The level of detail is very good, they have used metal for the grab rails and door slides etc and it looks excellent behind a 1:22 or 1:24 loco. I run mine and the matching gon behind my Lionel/LGB/bashed Mason Bogie, it looks very silly behind the Connie. Unfortunately the Shutterfly site is down or I would have enclosed a pic or 2. 1:20.3 it aint.
Kim
Bachmann’s earlier “1:20.3” was indeed really tiny–and an admitted labeling goof on Bachmann’s part. The new stuff will be true 1:20.3, not to be confused with the earlier, miniscule stuff.
They’re releasing three entirely new models later this fall - a box car, flat car, and a steel 2-bay hopper car. As for photos of the models, the only ones I’ve seen are the ones on Bachmann’s web site http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/gallery/album64 .
The prototype for the box car is a South Pacific Coast car. Their 1:20.3 steel 2-bay hopper is a model of the East Broad Top’s c. 1930s steel hoppers built for rock service. I’m not sure about the flat car, but South Pacific Coast comes to mine, too.
While this isn’t a photo of the new Bachmann car, it is a photo of a 1:20.3 box car underneath the stock Bachmann box car. The SPC car may be a touch smaller than the East Broad Top car I modeled, but probably not by too much.
Later,
K