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...

Tom id say that looks pretty good so far

Great use of that empty flat car

Tom that is looking great so far.

Hi Tom,

Another great how to look forward to more pics and progress

Thanks guys, I might end up using 1/8" base instead of 1/4" to lower it a bit more

It will still be a while til I paint, i need more reasons to get the air gun out

That's a great idea Tom! Its looking good already. I might just borrow your approach to make some myself.

Ralph

Hi Tom,

This afternoon picked up this car at the LHS at a good price few pictures i hope help aid your construction ... if you want more pics dimensions of the car let me know.

I would like a bit of help as to where the rails /handles fit in the packet shown there please if you have some pics of their placements.

So I ended up getting some styrene 1/8in instead of the 1/4in, and painted it flat brown

upnick Wrote:Hi Tom,

I would like a bit of help as to where the rails /handles fit in the packet shown there please if you have some pics of their placements.

I do now

There's clips where the rails go

Hi Tom,

Many thanks for the pictures ....... your car looks superb Conrail of course