Making Crushed Autos For Transporting By Train

May 10, 2016

Here’s a clever idea sent in my Mike:

“When trying to make up loads for flat cars I came up with an idea for making scrap cars being crushed and sent to be recycled into new steel. I take a scale model car (I model in HO) and cover it with aluminum foil and press it to form the shape of the car and trim the excess foil off.

I then remove the foil and paint it with a rust colored paint and then repaint in another color that is common for that vehicle leaving some of the rust showing. When the paint dries I flatten the shape slightly to make it look like it wash crushed down so more can be loaded for shipping.

I use silicone caulking to fasten the car shapes together then tie them on to a flat car.”

Thanks to Mike for sharing.

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One Response to Making Crushed Autos For Transporting By Train

Christopher Schneider says:

May 10, 2016 at 9:00 am

In the past I thought of trying this but never attempted. Thanks for sharing, I’ll try this out.

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