32 axle Schnabel (and flatcars) of my own design

very nice work.  That's going to be a very long train with a small number of cars.

Thanks Joe! Yeah that's for sure! It's heavy but rolls real nice though. I used Lionel's new sprung trucks to avoid friction problems

What size curve does that take to run?

Really nicely made!! A work of art and you are clearly a great artist. The woodworking is very good cabinetry!!!

I will quibble with the statement that "No model train companies sell a decent O scale Schnabel."  MTH's Schnabel car is quite nice - not as long as yours, but it is nicely detailed, big, and a model of an actual car: I have onein Westinghouse blue livery that I rode on back about 35 years ago (only about 300 yards though, thru the company facility) a model of the Muncie Ind. factory Schbabel car (W) had for large power transformers.  I have two other MTH Schnabel cars, too: one bashed into the base for my homemade model of a 16" 50-cal. railroad gun I call "Big Kahuna" and the other bashed into a car to carry by 1:48 model of John Glenn's Mercury-Atlas.

I run it on 0-72 curves and up on my layout, the overhang when loaded is just absurd on anything smaller.

Thanks Lee! Sounds like you have a very cool setup going! I do like the plastic detailing on the mth one, but the fact the load pivots are over the tri axle trucks rather then properly distributing the weight to all axles always bothered me.

What did you use to carve out that detail in the wood frame?  Hand done or CNC machine?

Beautiful work.

Dick

That is beautifully done. The machine-like precision on the components suggests that it was done with computer assistance, which I really must avail myself of one these days. 😁

Very nice, an inspirational job. Do you plan to paint? With the beautiful wood work, seems that would be a sin!

Beautiful model. Well done.

Very well done!  I’ve always wanted to model and print one of these, but I just never seem to have the time.  

WOW!!  Very nice work!!!

Thanks everyone!

Yeah every part is milled on a CNC milling machine.

I actually have plans to keep this prototype as bare wood and then make a second one to paint with a few minor revisions. I haven't had time for that yet though. It was super time consuming to make the first!

That is very impressive.  Beautiful work!

I did purchase the MTH Schnabel car (20-95155). It's a green Westinghouse car. Now if I could find the other cars that typically accompany the Schnabel and the caboose, I'd have my train all set!