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Making Crushed Autos For Transporting By Train
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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In the past I thought of trying this but never attempted. Thanks for sharing, I’ll try this out.