Steel MOW Caboose (HO scale)
aight, i made this cuz a dude was gonna use something a century old for a modern steel mill, so I had to correct it.
So, basically its supposed to be a industry or whatever needed a caboose, but not a big one, or had one but the chassis was bad, so they just cut it up a bit and stuck it on a flatbed.
You will also need a flatbed, but I know theres a dude on here who makes a killer flatbed, like best dammed flatbed to have ever flatbed...ed? idk, i've been snowed in and I am incredebly bored and I ran out of things to do, anyway heres the flatbed: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5452422 its cool check it out
btw it is loosely based on SP 4049 so if you wanna hack it together like that feel free, just credit me or somethin
When assembling, please note:
- Heat the trucks before inserting the wheels if they're cold.
- If you use off the shelf trucks you need to make your own screw holes and whatnot, but they work great still.
- The shells can just be hot glued to the chassis, it works and is durable.
- Everything needed for the couplers is included exept attachment (screws, toothpicks, glue, what have you)
- You can use screws, but cutting toothpicks to size, inserting, and pushing them in with pliers works great
- I recommend kaydee 148s or some similar variety, but most couplers work.
- Use whatever 33 inch wheels you prefer, but I recommend metal ones, preferably intermountain