Thursday, August 27, 2020

Somebody was bad!

 This image was sent to me recently

 
Take note of the string that was tied between the 2 sill steps. Clearly done to demonstrate the damage down by overloading the flat car.
It certainly appears that someone failed basic math
CAPY 100,000= 50 tons
M3= 30 tons x 2=60 tons
Wonder who got the bill for this one?
Now why am I getting this image?
A client has engaged me to create a string of flatcars with military loads in O scale
To date we have plans for 2 M4A3E8 Shermans, 2 Pershings, 4 M2 halftracks, 2 6x6 trucks and a handful of ammo trailers.
I'll be creating correct blocking for all these loads.
I'm very much looking forward to this project.
Progress photos will be coming as things progress.

2 comments:

Benjamin Hom said...

This flat car is easily modeled in HO, currently available from Tichy (kit no. 4021) and previously available from Ertl. The cast hull M3 mediums are tougher; Heiser Scale Models did them in resin, but they can be hard to find today.

Milepost17.8 said...

...and a old, bowed, overloaded FM7 would look great in the string of cars!
So much for "They would never do that..."