Another bash.. Coil Car, but will be continued

[tomustang]

I does get annoying that Coil Cars are hard to find, like well cars and autoracks. I picked up a 2pc coil car cover that fits already made kit coil cars, how fun is that?

I found a Hood set at my LHS



STATE TOOL & DIE CO makes them, they also make the cradle for them to fit them into gondolas but my LHS didnt have any, so I decided to make a solid coil car out of flat car spine from an older AHM 45" flat car.



I pulled the wooden deck off



I cut some 1/4in wood up and made a frame around the hoods, I used plastiweld as a quick stick, then added the wood glue for a better bond



And it doesn't look too bad for now....



To be continued, I still have a lot to do like paint red oxide and decal some conrail on it, add some better couplers, etc...