Tank car loading platform, how to build it. HO scale model trains

Tank car loading platform. Walthers Cornerstone kit # 933-3104. how to build it. one of the more time consuming kits i have built. i show how to build one of these kits. and some tips along the build. biggest thing is one step at a time. let it dry and move on to the next step. paint your long pipes first. these will be hard to get to after the kit is built. painting all the handrails at the start is an option. but not necessary, but you will have to paint them before the last of the pipes get attached.
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[@mrdreaded8865]

Hey Sparky, nice vid! New / again to model railroading . Lots to learn........Thanks for all you and others do to help keep the hobby strong!

[@csxmad]

Dave don't you just love building kits, but looks good on camera cheers Robert

[@chadmartin2170]

What a neat kit. Your presentation really cool. So cool I'am taking your advice. Thanks for the info Sir.

[@WarbonnetTrains]

Great looking model, will look cool on the layout

[@SMTMainline]

Model kits are the best, nice work sparky, it looks sharp!

[@sparky107107]

thanks. this one was a pain in the rump side to say the least.

[@michaelbroshears3053]

You are more organized than me. I can get a bit rammy. You expounded patience. You may have taught me something I need. PATIENCE.

[@ThePwcj]

It looks like it would require a steady hand. Like. Thank you and take care... Paul.

[@lionellance]

Great job Dave.. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.. Lance

[@martensiersma3304]

Cool. Testor's plastic model cement is #1. You just have to get the paint out of the joints

[@kenbatten4412]

Modelling sure tests your patience, Sparky. I've retired and gone back to modelling after about 25 years of absence from the hobby. I'm still in N scale, and with average eyesight, that's patience. I've found a lot of kits are not the greatest with instructions, so you're absolutely right. Check and test fit before you glue, and take your time. Please keep up the great videos in 2019!

[@PeterCPRail8748]

Good video, I am getting these for my ethonal transfer facility.

[@modelrailer]

Great video man! At least it turned out looking cool!

[@AlohaMilton]

need something like this in N scale, will scratch it up based on this video so thanks a bunch Sparky. Happy new year!

[@TinkeringGeek]

Fantastic idea to highlight the extra parts being left out I will have to try that the next time I build a similar kit.

[@grandparails8858]

It looks good sparky. I agree there dis-structions leave a lot to the imagination. Grandpa Rails

[@venusboys3]

I'm used to building other sorts of plastic model kits... spaceships and such... but I've been putting together some RR scenery kits for a friend and you're right about the instructions being kinda minimal. It really takes a good bit of interpretation to figure out how to get some of them together. I do prefer the liquid styrene glue though, hold parts together and brush on a bit... capillary action gets it into the join and gets it done. Generally less messy/fussy than the red tube gel.

[@outlawrailroad3702]

Hi Sparky the kit looks not bad mate ,l built the Kibri kit bit like that one ,it was a pain same sorta problem they don't tell you put parts in before you glue or just don't tell you were the part goes ,but that the fun making it work hey ..cheers Ron.B

[@DruSteel69]

You’ve been busy. Looks good so far. Thanks for sharing. - Drew

[@KandRCustomModels]

Get busy and build me one in o scale! Looks like a cool kit!

[@ollieahokas9179]

Nice video, few tips.if youare to paint a black plastic in to light, like yellow, it will be easier and neater to buy a primer in a rattle can with gray. Just one layer at the time and few sprays, Before that, those areas that is to be clued, cover it up with ,asking tape as the paint makes the paint dont let the glue bond. After the railings are gray, spray light on the yellow in thin layers untill it is actually yellow. You have before spraying test spray both on something, like a scrap piesces of sprue. Files and sanding blocks of pretty fine grits are handy to as small straight edges. And before everything is clued together with the parts painted in different colour, it is a great idea ot paint the black parts with flat black. Usually black covers well, even with a brush so you only have to have just one layer.again protect the surfaces that will be clued to make the bond easier. Thanks for sharing!

[@ralphgreenwood5857]

Sparky-For some reason, the super glue didnt do me good with plastics. On the plastic I have put together so far, Testors Model Masters works very well! If you have paint on and you need to glue, i try to not paint it or use your xacto to remove the paint. Model looks good! Like You say, second one be easier!

[@CreativeRails]

Nice Sparky! Turned out great!

[@CloverValleyNorthern]

I agree that Walthers kit instructions aren't the best . I think I've heard about a guy who got a Cadillac one piece at a time. Bill

[@trainsontuesday]

My first one of those took well over a week to build and that was around twenty years ago.It turned out very well. If you think it's hard to build try getting one in an estate sale that was badly put together and try disassembly before a rebuild. I've been over ten years working on that one (as and when I feel like it. I have a set of lights to put in mine when the rebuild is done. You did well on it Sparky. ..........David.

[@newdurhamjunctionmodelrail9236]

Ohhhh would like that for new durham junction sparky thanks for sharing

[@Crookedriverandeasternrr]

Thanks for the tutorial sparky. It’s funny Bc I was actually just looking at this kit thinking that I may want to add one. 👍 even tho it gave you some trouble, you did a real nice job😃

[@H0bby_Adventure]

Holly molly. That’s not a kit for a beginner. Can you imagine how that kit would be in a N scale 😮😮😮 can’t wait to see it on your layout.

[@LJRLowevilleJunctionRailroad]

Great job on explaining this kit and how it goes together!! Happy New Year! ~ linda

[@JohnAmes]

Happy new year

[@aerialtechnical7284]

sweet video bro!!!

[@CONTAINERMAN68]

I have several kits of that! I did put 1 together, but don't remember it being that bad? I didn't paint anything. I'll have to see if my walkways move up and down? I know the fill tube move! RH

[@jvanamb]

@sparky107107 Re. the Deck Ramp Hinge joint. Here is a tip my grandfather taught me back in the LATE 1950's. I'm old, not an antique. We were building a NASA gantry with four "DARN" hinges. Daw had me use electric tape OVER the joint. Side to Side. Then glue the uncovered underside area up to about a half inch away from the tape. No closer. You don't want the glue to wick. Finish the glued structure and let thoroughly dry. The next day clip in the hinges pins. Done & done.

[@dacuzzz]

hi sparky... glue just don't adhere to paint... so when you do the next kit you will spend more time on it because you will be masking off parts that need to be glued... i say that all the time in my build vids...i wish they had that kit in N scale because Gary wants me to build 2 for him...any how you did a good job... thx for sharing... vinny

[@ScottDowneywoundedbear]

Model glue doesn't stick to paint, you have to scrape the paint off or mask the areas to be glued. Wrong numbers or parts that don't match are common with Walthers kits.

[@sparky107107]

now you tell me.

[@kenwardgriffinjr79]

I had the closed captions on while watching it says well I get a monorail riders instead of God day model railroaders

[@sparky107107]

that is funny

[@kenwardgriffinjr79]

@@sparky107107 I've attempted to fix the issue with the captions.

[@DIYDigitalRailroad]

Deckles....lol

[@MikesProjectsandHobbiesMC]

Good video and my feelings exactly but to be honest I wouldn't have given it a 3 out of ten. Combine this kit with its unnecessary small parts (could have been molded in) and its horrid instructions this kits actually not worth buying. I could do better with styrene sheet and tubes. LOL

[@sparky107107]

i do agree mostly with you, but once you build the first kit, second one is a breeze.. but then you have to ask,, how many people buy 2 of a kit. just so they can figure out how to build it ,, THEMSELVES.

[@MikesProjectsandHobbiesMC]

Walthers has the worst instructionsof any kit I have ever built and I have been building them for 50 years. LOL