Let's See Your Military Car Loads

Italian AB 41 and German SdKfz 222

German V2

German Wespe SPG

What a cool thread guys! 👍☺️ Enjoy it very much.  

From my most recent army train run…….

Peter

@JohnB posted:

Ulus,

      Great video, my military train is WW II based but I do like the modern military equipment. One minor suggestion load all of your vehicles in one direction. When loading vehicles a ramp is placed at the end of the train and the vehicles drive on from rear to the front car. All drive on in forward none back on. Each car is filled until all are loaded.

JohnB

Thanks for sharing that knowledge on direction and the complements, glade you enjoyed as well

Fabulous Peter great video 👍😎👍

@Putnam Division posted:

From my most recent army train run…….

Peter

C’mon, Pete. That stopped way too short!  

@Strap Hanger posted:

C’mon, Pete. That stopped way too short!  

Peter

Produced last year to commemorate the 77th Anniversary of D-Day.  The flatcar loads appear at the 2:13 minute mark. 

Very well put together  ed.

Larry

Thanks, Larry.

Way to go Ed'.. I always enjoy watching your honoring our American military'... Especially WW2'... The greatest generation'..........(indeed)

Thanks Ted.  I enjoy making them. 

My latest military flat misadventure: 2 Baltimore class heavy cruiser propellers headed to the Philadelphia Naval Yard for wartime construction.  The propellers are metal and heavy, but the real things were about 40 tons apiece.

Very enjoyable thread - some really impressive modeling skills on display.  Here is MTH’s Premier flatcar with a couple of Howitzers on board.

@Putnam Division posted:

From my most recent army train run…….

Peter

Peter, Really nice video, just wish it was longer so we could see the entire train. 

@ToledoEd posted:

Produced last year to commemorate the 77th Anniversary of D-Day.  The flatcar loads appear at the 2:13 minute mark.

Great video, Thank you for your salute to D Day.

Here’s a few custom Army flats with military loads from RGS: All available for purchase; have only been unboxed for these photos.

@FrankRazz posted:

Peter, Really nice video, just wish it was longer so we could see the entire train.

Frank.....one of my issues is slow speed running makes the video too big......here's are some pics with different motive power that may get more of the train in.....

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Peter

Ready for take-off...

Here's a couple of my Railking Military Flat Cars.  

I'm seriously thinking of pitching an article on authentic military loads, as I did a lot of rail loading on active duty...

Well I can't even come close to matching the superb modeling skills demonstrated above, so how about just a few "patriotic" i.e. "Red, White, and Blue" trains for fun!

Here is the Army !

The Navy!

The Air Force!

NASA!

and "Remember the Alamo!"

Loved all the pictures and videos.  The "Salute to D-Day" was wonderful

Don

Three more:

Menards M13 halftrack with quad 0.50 cal guns: repainted, decaled, and weathered (Atlantis 8” howitzer in background)

MP jeep and ‘50’s staff car, Tamiya and Solido, respectively

Deuce and a half tanker and bulldozer, both Tamiya kits

Here are a couple of military loads

I think I see an LCVP and an LCM on flatcars. Were the two landing craft 1/48 kits?

Ed,

Yes the landing Craft 1/48 Kits one Higgins and one Equipment carrier'

Mikey

Well, not exactly a "Car Load" but here is one that has its roots in actual prototype.  In the late 60's at the height of the cold war, the Air Force got this idea to reduce the vulnerability of our missile defense to (presumably at that time) Soviet attack.  The idea was that we would put ICBM's on freight trains and move them around the country, never staying in one place too long.  This would make them very hard to target.  If the signal was given (when I was in the AF we used to say..."If the balloon goes up") the train would stop and an attached command car would launch the missile from the missile carrying car.  When I was at Wright Patterson AFB in about 1969 or so, we actually had at least one of the prototype cars on base.  It was stored on an unused siding behind some hangers.  I presume it had no rocket in it, just the car.  This one was Lionel's attempt to duplicate that system.  OBTW I never really followed the actual car but I know that by the 1980's the car was gone, likely scrapped and the idea was cancelled.

Best wishes

Don

I model narrow gauge and they didn't ship too many military vehicles like that, other than maybe the White Pass and Yukon during the big one. I do have one MB/GPW Jeep on a flatcar, but it's not chained correctly yet.

But, I have my share of (all 1:43 scale) WW2 vehicles, each marked correctly for stateside commands during my layout era of 1943.

And now for something completely different:

JB-2 “Loon”, German V-1 buzz bombs captured and tested by US Army immediately post WWII:

Railking

Just an FYI, I got some photos of real Army rolling stock at the Transportation Corps Museum at Ft Eustis a few years ago. They can be seen by clicking here and scrolling around. I tried posting the individual shots here but the forum wouldn't let me.

Sadly, the museum didn't configure any of these cars for loads. A CCKW atop that European flatcar would have looked great.

It's been a while since I have worked on a military flat, but my next flat will contain the following:

Greg P

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

Greg P

www.youtube.com/trainbros89

@Trainbros89 posted:

Thats a great model, but I'd think a DD Sherman tank wouldn't clear a tunnel or bridge with the wading skirts upright.

I know they wouldn't deal with being on a train at anything more than yard speeds like that. On a train, it'd look like this:

@p51 posted:

Thats a great model, but I'd think a DD Sherman tank wouldn't clear a tunnel or bridge with the wading skirts upright.

I know they wouldn't deal with being on a train at anything more than yard speeds like that. On a train, it'd look like this:

Hey Lee,

Thanks for the response, and I couldn't agree more. Gaso.line made the skirt kit, but they're unfortunately discontinued, and almost impossible to find.  When I saw the DD Sherman, it was too cool to pass up!

Regards,

Greg P

A couple of recent endeavors to float this thread again:

Stripped, repainted, decaled, detail painted, and lightly weathered Solido M3 on 40' B&A flat (AHM)

(same as above) Solido DUKW on NYC 40' flat (AHM)

TRUE, neither of these is 1/48 (they are 1/50), but I don't think anybody will notice the difference and I can't justify the expense of a 3D print model (M3), and there isn't one available to my knowledge in 1/48 (DUKW).  Oh well, the sacrifices we make...