Resin car kits - what ones would you like to see?

Something modern. Plenty of transition era cars out there. Modern Trinity 64' reefers or 73' Center beam cars please!

An old suggestion - a Southern SU boxcar

Will Ebbert posted:

Something modern. Plenty of transition era cars out there. Modern Trinity 64' reefers or 73' Center beam cars please!

I'm in for a couple of modern refers,but MTH did a pretty decent job with the center beam cars. I just wish they'd do more opera window versions. 

Get SMMW to do their Seaboard Turtleback (round roof) boxcar in O scale and I'll be all over it.  I tried to get enough folks here, but couldn't meet the minimum quantity.

I have two of his new O flats for my steam era modeling, and they are gorgeous.  Another vote for modern (post 2000) reefers. 

How about the Virginian battleship gon. Will need to include trucks.

George Lasley

AGHRMatt posted:

Will Ebbert posted:

Something modern. Plenty of transition era cars out there. Modern Trinity 64' reefers or 73' Center beam cars please!

I'm in for a couple of modern refers,but MTH did a pretty decent job with the center beam cars. I just wish they'd do more opera window versions. 

That's my issue with them is they are all opera window. I want diagonal bracing.

bob3 posted:

An old suggestion - a Southern SU boxcar

Ditto!  Done in resin in HO, never produced in O.

DaveJfr0 posted:

 

-PRR/PC G43 Gondola - neat gondola with side corrugations that should appeal to many. 

Agreed! Along with G40/G41/G41a PRR/PC/CR coil cars and

G38/G39 ORe Jennies!

Will Ebbert posted:

AGHRMatt posted:

Will Ebbert posted:

Something modern. Plenty of transition era cars out there. Modern Trinity 64' reefers or 73' Center beam cars please!

I'm in for a couple of modern refers,but MTH did a pretty decent job with the center beam cars. I just wish they'd do more opera window versions. 

That's my issue with them is they are all opera window. I want diagonal bracing.

All the full length ones I have on the shelf awaiting conversion and detailing are diagonal bracing.  My biggest issue with them is that will need a fair amount of work to replace all the load retention winches with something better looking, and then add all the dangly bits. 

There’s a photo in this thread of one of the diagonal bracing cars:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...ail-to-2-rail-trucks

Bob Delbridge posted:

Get SMMW to do their Seaboard Turtleback (round roof) boxcar in O scale and I'll be all over it.  I tried to get enough folks here, but couldn't meet the minimum quantity.

I already have my Route or Robert E Lee decals and I think Protocraft would produce decals for the cars!!!

DaveJfr0 posted:

-PRR/PC G43 Gondola - neat gondola with side corrugations that should appeal to many.

 

There were/are a zillion G43s in use all the way up through NS.   Those are must-haves for current era modelers. 

I'd love to see the Southern SU done though it seems like it's gonna be a challenging car to build as a kit.   Lots going on with a wood truss rod car.      Still it's a pretty unique piece of kit.  

MODERN CAR for sure!! 

I realize that there are still a lot of active transition modelers, but there has been a steady rise in the number of modern era folks. P48 has seen growth from the ranks of HO modelers (age 35-55) who are changing scales, and many of those guys are modeling the modern era. 

My vote is for this beauty...

Thanks, 

Matt Forsyth

Forsyth Rail Services

PS, I have the fabulous new Jim King/SMMW flat, and will be painting and lettering mine for the D&H circa 1978. The D&H got their group of cars as hand-me-downs from the Erie Lackawanna during the early Conrail era. 

Definitely something modern, as mentioned, trincool reefer, NSC 73' centerbeam, Trinity 57' spine cars, Gunderson/FMC/ICC 60' high cube boxcars, ACF 2970 or Trinity 3581 2-Bay covered hoppers

I'll pile on with the G43 gons and the SOU pulpwood boxcar conversions.  I would love to see (and buy...) a 1960s era carbon black car. 

I often wonder if there is a market for well done car components like doors, ends, roofs panels, truck side frames, and hopper/gates, etc?  I would use them.  Same for locomotive pieces similar to what Cannon and Co does in HO.  I know this doesn't fit the "full kit" thinking, and I understand that any offering must be viable and profitable.  Just wondering out load... and predicting where I will be heading if I win the Powerball.

Anything post 1980 or so, but thinking of my own needs:

Woodchip gondolas - The Thrall ones with the outside ribs.

53' Corrugated side gondolas

At least the MTH centerbeams are good stand ins , but nothing substitutes for the above items.

I would definitely agree-- the Modern Trinity 64' reefers --- such an awesome car-

A steam loco tender- suitable for an O scale Berkshire or Hudson.  Because THIS!

Ted S posted:

A steam loco tender- suitable a Berkshire or Hudson.  Because THIS!

Ed Reutling did several years ago in resin as well as the engines - too late now....  I used to have the molds for the N&W M and tender mold was pretty good - gone now.

high cube , I forget I think Greenville overlapping riveted sides with brass details , CSX high side scrap gon and a few others (LOL) on resin scrap gons you can bulge out the sides between the ribs while the resin is not quite cure as well as sag the center , all these cars are resin .

Rule292 posted:

Well, the newly released 70 ton AAR flat car from Smoky Mountain Model Works is out and it's a beaut!

Jim is actively soliciting suggestions for other O scale rolling stock resin kits.

Got any suggestions?

Direct link removed.  REVIEW the TOS...  Make your suggestions directly to the manufacturer.

Sorry for violating the terms of service.   Just trying to scare up a little interest in getting trains done. 

I have no ties, financial or otherwise, with SMMW.  Thought they deserved a shout out for a well detailed product. 

I would like to see a vinegar tank car.

Jan

Bernie, man that's awesome stuff as always!  A couple of those even look familiar! 

Regarding the Seaboard turtleback - I told Jim I'd take two

bob3 posted:

Regarding the Seaboard turtleback - I told Jim I'd take two

Just for giggles, here's the original post on the SAL Turtleback car:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...ck-round-roof-boxcar

I forget how many orders Jim would need, but it's a nice looking car I hate to see get overlooked.

Jan posted:

I would like to see a vinegar tank car.

Jan

I could see myself ordering 1-2 of these depending on which style - 1 long tank or 2 smaller tanks. 

mwb posted:

Jan posted:

I would like to see a vinegar tank car.

Jan

I could see myself ordering 1-2 of these depending on which style - 1 long tank or 2 smaller tanks. 

I'd have loved it if Mullett River would have done a vinegar car in wood.  

Since nothing looks more like wood than real wood. 

The latest OSR just posted features an ad for modern FMC 50'6" boxcar resin kits and a link to website , no other info than 140.00 price. As is typical of these kits modelers provide there own trucks and couplers. This type of kit does well in HO where there are a sufficient number of modelers to support these products. And speaking of modeling Scratchbuilder1-48 s modeling is very impressive. JMO

hibar posted:

The latest OSR just posted features an ad for modern FMC 50'6" boxcar resin kits and a link to website , no other info than 140.00 price. As is typical of these kits modelers provide there own trucks and couplers. This type of kit does well in HO where there are a sufficient number of modelers to support these products. JMO

I suspect this was the project that was displayed at the March Meet. It’s going to cost me some money...

The SMMW web site has a Southern waffle side car in HO or S scale I believe.  

I'm not a modern modeler but the car seems like one that is relatively modern and popular.  

Maybe you modern era modelers could come up with an equivalent of the Culotta/RMC "Essential Freight Car" series but for modern era equipment. 

This series is indispensable for steam and transition era modelers, with facts and figures and pictures.

A modern version might help manufacturers sort out what is popular and needed in the scale.

Rule292 posted:

mwb posted:

Jan posted:

I would like to see a vinegar tank car.

Jan

I could see myself ordering 1-2 of these depending on which style - 1 long tank or 2 smaller tanks. 

I'd have loved it if Mullett River would have done a vinegar car in wood.  

Since nothing looks more like wood than real wood. 

Indeed.  And, if it were the 2 smaller tank prototype, I'd be far more interested in such a kit since I've already scratchbuilt one of the single long tank cars based on one of the Heinz cars.

HeavyDuty posted:

hibar posted:

The latest OSR just posted features an ad for modern FMC 50'6" boxcar resin kits and a link to website , no other info than 140.00 price. As is typical of these kits modelers provide there own trucks and couplers. This type of kit does well in HO where there are a sufficient number of modelers to support these products. JMO

I suspect this was the project that was displayed at the March Meet. It’s going to cost me some money...

Yes; There is a picture of the display in the OSR as well.

I'll probably go for one or two of those, but details are scarce.  For example, are decals included?

A bromine tank car?

(the stuff is really heavy, I hear)

(rrpicturearchives.net - Bryce Denny collection)

---PCJ

RailRide posted:

A bromine tank car?

(the stuff is really heavy, I hear)J

A bit over 3x's water.

Hi,

 I would like to have several of the Erie/Susquehanna horizontal braced hoppers.  

Ed

Ed Kelly posted:

Hi,

 I would like to have several of the Erie/Susquehanna horizontal braced hoppers.  

Ed

If you beat the bushes you can find the wood and metal craftsman's kit of these. 

Of course a nicely detailed resin (or brass) car would be nicer. 

Too bad Overland didn't do them in O scale when they did their HO one in the 1980's/90s.

Bob D - thanks for the link for the SAL Turtlebacks - it really is too bad that enough orders for that car can't be drummed up - they sure would be distinctive standouts in a train !!!