Choose your color scheme:
The Vette Barn  
 
FAQVBF Chat Calendar Gameroom [] Social Groups Who's Online
Go Back   The Vette Barn > Off Topic/Babes/Other > Off Topic
Reload this Page What are the essential elements to assemble a model HO box car?
Register Photo Albums Today's Posts Search Experience

Off Topic Off Topic - General non-Corvette related discussion.

User Tag List

Reply
 
Share Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 04-08-2024, 4:25pm   #1
Louie Detroit
Barn Stall Owner #0331
Points: 44,038, Level: 100
Activity: 67.6%
 
Louie Detroit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: USMC 0331 Forever
Posts: 15,523
Thanks: 8,862
Thanked 7,999 Times in 3,291 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $500
Default What are the essential elements to assemble a model HO box car?
I may have a unit or two on my way. Michigan related rolling stock.

Besides CA glue what else is needed?

They probably have some kind metal ballast weight to secure.
Louie Detroit is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2024, 4:30pm   #2
MadInNc
Barn Stall Owner #103
Points: 196,791, Level: 100
Activity: 20.9%
 
MadInNc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: North Cackalaky
Posts: 25,694
Thanks: 11,997
Thanked 31,532 Times in 10,949 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $108939
Default
Paging @Old Ben
MadInNc is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2024, 4:41pm   #3
Louie Detroit
Barn Stall Owner #0331
Points: 44,038, Level: 100
Activity: 67.6%
 
Louie Detroit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: USMC 0331 Forever
Posts: 15,523
Thanks: 8,862
Thanked 7,999 Times in 3,291 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $500
Default
BTW - They're Accurail kits

https://accurailinc.com/
Louie Detroit is online now   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to Louie Detroit For This Useful Post:
Old 04-08-2024, 4:45pm   #4
Bill
10cm member
Barn Stall Owner #90125
NCM Supporter '19,'20
Points: 228,092, Level: 100
Activity: 99.2%
 
Bill's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Houston, Tejas, Estados Unidos
Posts: 82,927
Thanks: 37,767
Thanked 41,860 Times in 17,419 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $2621492
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Louie Detroit View Post
I may have a unit or two on my way. Michigan related rolling stock.

Besides CA glue what else is needed?

They probably have some kind metal ballast weight to secure.
Bill is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2024, 4:48pm   #5
Aerovette
Chief Electrician
Barn Stall Owner #7734
Bantayan Kids '15
Points: 107,424, Level: 100
Activity: 77.3%
 
Aerovette's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: The corner of Cease Rd. and Desist St.
Posts: 44,770
Thanks: 17,190
Thanked 33,914 Times in 13,745 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $107478
Default
I have this set. No assembly required.

I had NO IDEA they sold for this price point.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/23461953307...41JVT8GAATKH4C
Aerovette is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2024, 5:18pm   #6
GTOguy
Barn Stall Owner #421
Points: 40,040, Level: 100
Activity: 99.1%
 
GTOguy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: Those satisfactions are permanent
Posts: 15,196
Thanks: 6,363
Thanked 8,000 Times in 3,951 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $500
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Louie Detroit View Post
I may have a unit or two on my way. Michigan related rolling stock.

Besides CA glue what else is needed?

They probably have some kind metal ballast weight to secure.
First and foremost, you have to be a complete and total nerd.
GTOguy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2024, 5:42pm   #7
Louie Detroit
Barn Stall Owner #0331
Points: 44,038, Level: 100
Activity: 67.6%
 
Louie Detroit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2021
Location: USMC 0331 Forever
Posts: 15,523
Thanks: 8,862
Thanked 7,999 Times in 3,291 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $500
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by GTOguy View Post
First and foremost, you have to be a complete and total nerd.
Hehe - Trains built this mother****er of a country.
Louie Detroit is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2024, 6:48pm   #8
Stevedore
Bantayan Kids '17
Points: 15,291, Level: 85
Activity: 2.2%
 
Stevedore's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Long Valley, NJ
Posts: 2,480
Thanks: 1,120
Thanked 998 Times in 530 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $406058
Default
All my kits were Athearn or Varney. I’m old.
Stevedore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2024, 7:12pm   #9
Old Ben
A Real Barner
Points: 28,245, Level: 100
Activity: 11.2%
 
Old Ben's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Montgomery, AL
Posts: 12,786
Thanks: 5,312
Thanked 14,848 Times in 5,894 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $1014987
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Louie Detroit View Post
I may have a unit or two on my way. Michigan related rolling stock.

Besides CA glue what else is needed?

They probably have some kind metal ballast weight to secure.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Louie Detroit View Post
BTW - They're Accurail kits

https://accurailinc.com/
It has been quite a while since I've bought any Accurail freight cars.

About all that you will need is a small screwdriver. The kits that I have bought had two small screws to attach the weight to the interior floor. There also were two small screws to attach the wheel sets.

If they are of older cars then the roof walk will snap in place on the roof. The only place that I used an adhesive (very sparingly) is for the brake wheel.

Again, it's been quite a while but I don't think they would have changed much.
Old Ben is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2024, 8:36pm   #10
jw38
A Real Barner
Points: 5,735, Level: 51
Activity: 25.9%
 
jw38's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: Spring Branch, TX
Posts: 1,291
Thanks: 5
Thanked 1,956 Times in 761 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $500
Default
The first step is to find a Ho. What you do next is up to you.
jw38 is offline   Reply With Quote
The Following User Says Thank You to jw38 For This Useful Post:
Old 04-09-2024, 4:46am   #11
vettemed
A Real Barner
Points: 2,479, Level: 32
Activity: 30.2%
 
vettemed's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2022
Location: Orlando
Posts: 1,279
Thanks: 741
Thanked 628 Times in 281 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $500
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by jw38 View Post
The first step is to find a Ho. What you do next is up to you.
And then you rail the ho.
vettemed is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2024, 9:50am   #12
Aerovette
Chief Electrician
Barn Stall Owner #7734
Bantayan Kids '15
Points: 107,424, Level: 100
Activity: 77.3%
 
Aerovette's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: The corner of Cease Rd. and Desist St.
Posts: 44,770
Thanks: 17,190
Thanked 33,914 Times in 13,745 Posts
Gameroom Barn Bucks: $107478
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by vettemed View Post
And then you rail the ho.
In the caboose?
Aerovette is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

The Vette Barn > Off Topic/Babes/Other > Off Topic


« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 8:28pm.

The Vette Barn - Archive - Top

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
User Alert System provided by Advanced User Tagging (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Copyright © 2009 - 2024 The Vette Barn


Support the Barn:
  
Download the Mobile App;
  
Follow us on Facebook:

Become a Stall Owner

  

Apple iOS App        Google Android App

  

Visit our Facebook page