Can anyone identify this mini railcar?

[Carleroo]

I am thinking of scratch building a railway car similar to this. Can anyone identify if this is based on a real car or something out of someone's imagination? I have scratch built a caboose and other projects, and am now looking for something a bit simpler. Can anyone cast some light on this? I found it on Google but with no information. Thanks, Carl

 

[Paul M]

I think it's been shown on this forum before

 

[dunnyrail]

Tis a little critter much loved in smaller scales for 7mm on 16.5 track using a bachman chassis. Also been done in HO as a standard gauge beast. As for prototype, hm…. Try googling pictures of rail critters.

 

[Rhinochugger]

I am thinking of scratch building a railway car similar to this. Can anyone identify if this is based on a real car or something out of someone's imagination? I have scratch built a caboose and other projects, and am now looking for something a bit simpler. Can anyone cast some light on this? I found it on Google but with no information. Thanks, CarlView attachment 335122

My suspicion is that it is not a model of an actual prototype.

I believe the Banta Crewcab kit was also freelance, but probably a bit more plausible -seen in the background below

 

[Carleroo]

Tis a little critter much loved in smaller scales for 7mm on 16.5 track using a bachman chassis. Also been done in HO as a standard gauge beast. As for prototype, hm…. Try googling pictures of rail critters.

Thanks!! I found info and photos.

 

[PhilP]

Thanks!! I found info and photos.

Care to share?

Thanks,
PhilP

 

[Rhinochugger]

Thanks!! I found info and photos.

It looks quite twee, but you need to do a reality check with rough dimensions. The side door emulates a sliding door on a full-size combine, but where will it slide in order to open?

Once you have a scale driver in the seat, how much room is there for anything else? Certainly, the Banta crewcab would only just about six scale workers and a few tools, and they'd be sitting quite cosily next to each other

 

[Carleroo]

Care to share?

Thanks,
PhilP

I found this:

Industrial Locomotives AKA "Critters" - scratchbuilding - iModeler

By Mike Maynard - In the real world of railroading there are three levels of diesel locomotives; the high horsepower locomotives produced by General Electric and Electro Motive, the medium 2000 HP units, followed by heavy duty switch engines in the 100-125 ton range. And then there are critters...

imodeler.com

 

[Carleroo]

It looks quite twee, but you need to do a reality check with rough dimensions. The side door emulates a sliding door on a full-size combine, but where will it slide in order to open?

Once you have a scale driver in the seat, how much room is there for anything else? Certainly, the Banta crewcab would only just about six scale workers and a few tools, and they'd be sitting quite cosily next to each other

Thanks for the info. I may decide to build something a bit larger so it can accommodate a bit more interior space. I have also made a few locomotives and train cars at 1:32 scale (all static models), so I may decide to do this in the same scale. I have also built a lot of trams in 1:24, so perhaps that scale.

 

[vsmith]

Kitbash on a Bachmann Davenport, nice little Critter

 

[Rhinochugger]

Kitbash on a Bachmann Davenport, nice little Critter

Yep - over here there's a chassis manufacturer (Essel Engineering) that makes a replacement for the Bachmann Davenport, so I bought one of them, bought the Banta crewcab kit which was a body replacement for the Davenport and, hey presto

 

[Fred2179G]

From the Banta Modelworks website. I have one in blue.

 

[Carleroo]

From the Banta Modelworks website. I have one in blue.

 

[Carleroo]

I'm thinking of building my model with the kind of wheels shown on the wagon above, or something similar to the photos attached. Does anyone know where I might find these or something similar? My model will be static - display only, about G-scale give or take..

 

[Northsider]

I'm thinking of building my model with the kind of wheels shown on the wagon above, or something similar to the photos attached. Does anyone know where I might find these or something similar? My model will be static - display only, about G-scale give or take..

If the model is going to be static, maybe make them from styrene sheet? You could cut discs and then mark out and cut them, perhaps using a template to ensure consistency?

 

[dunnyrail]

I'm thinking of building my model with the kind of wheels shown on the wagon above, or something similar to the photos attached. Does anyone know where I might find these or something similar? My model will be static - display only, about G-scale give or take..

Have a look at IP Engineering, he does all sorts of wheels and bits including chassis so that you can screw the lot together. Look at the homebuilder parts then chassis.

Products | IP Engineering

www.ipenginnering.com

 

[Carleroo]

If the model is going to be static, maybe make them from styrene sheet? You could cut discs and then mark out and cut them, perhaps using a template to ensure consistency?

Good idea! I hadn't though of styrene.

 

[Carleroo]

Have a look at IP Engineering, he does all sorts of wheels and bits including chassis so that you can screw the lot together. Look at the homebuilder parts then chassis.

Products | IP Engineering

www.ipenginnering.com

Will do! Thanks, Carl

 

[Rhinochugger]

Good idea! I hadn't though of styrene.

These are made from styrene (Slater's plastikard over here) - you can buy a craft tool that is like a pair of compasses but has a blade instead of a pencil