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Freight Cars - Stock Cars Articles

A High End Build

Bob describes how he built a super-detailed, high-quality stock car to Proto 48 O-scale standards.

A Poultry Car as an S Model

The author shares how he built the Lehigh Valley Models Palace Poultry Car kit #LVM45. Includes several final-model photos.

A Super-detailed Stock Car

The author shows how to take a Grandt Line On3 stock car kit and build it into an S-scale standard-gauge one. The editor built one, too, and his comments are interjected in the article. Includes two completed model photos.

Build a Milwaukee Road Stock Car

Detailing a Matua model to create a 1929 stock car. Includes prototype and model photos.

Build a Turkey Hauler

The article provides photos, diagrams, prototype information, and suggestions for how to model a car that can transport live turkeys.

CB&Q Stock Car Conclusion

The author explains why the progress on these cars has been slow. He is building three of them at a time from scratch. The article is basically a photo essay, and it shows the final work to be done on the car, as well as finishing it.

Chipping Paint on a Wooden Car

The author describes how she was able to achieve a faded-paint look on a Rails Unlimited CB&Q SM-16 stock car kit that she built. So, the focus isn't so much on how to build the kit, but rather on proper priming of the resin kit, painting it, and making it look weathered. Includes lots of step-by-step photos.

Conductor's Clipboard

What is the connection between the holidays and trains? Turkeys in the town where the editor lived (continued on page 5, "Turkeys by Train"). Info about booster ads.

Conductor's Clipboard

Some more follow-up information about poultry cars covered in the previous issue.

Creating a 72-foot Circus Stock Car

The author kitbashed two Scenery Unlimited 40-foot circus stock cars into this model.

D&RGW Narrow-Gauge Stock Cars

This article provides the extensive historical research the author has done on these cars. Drawings of the various lettering schemes are includes, as well as several prototype photos. The article concludes by briefly listing the S-scale models that are available to model these cars.

Fowler Stock Cars

Many different railroad's stock cars are covered in this article, each accompanied by at least one prototype photo.

From the Ranch to the Rails

This article describes the history of how the UP was involved in cattle transportation.

In Paul Larson's Honor

The author describes scratchbuilding a stock car after the one that his model railroading hero built and documented in a 1967 RMC article, but this time with modern products.

Making the Bowser class K9A Stock Car Better

The author shows how to improve the look of the Bowser K9a kit. Includes many close-up photos.

Modeling a Stockcar in its Golden Years

The author used a Westerfield kit to build a model of the Canadian Pacific's Fowler stockcar as it was in 1965 when it was used to carry petroleum products.

More Poultry Cars

An update, indicating the Lehigh Valley Models' Palace Poultry car kit. David Tyner shares photos of the construction of his kit.

Overview: Class K9 Stock Cars and Subclasses

Prototype information, a drawing, and a photo of this class of car.

Pennsylvania Open-top Stock Car

The PRR didn't have many stock cars, but the one the author built fits in the 1900s time frame. He built one in HO scale and one in 3/8" scale, Gauge 1. Includes a bit of history, model photos, construction photos, and construction and scale drawings.

Scene Around the Layout

The author describes how he finished these poultry cars and the 100+ chickens in them.

Scratch-build a 1909 Pennsylvania Railroad Class Kf Stock Car Part 1

The author starts of by providing prototype background information about this car. The construction begins with the center sill, floor support, brake system, body bolster, side sills, coupler-mounting pads, painting the frame, and floor construction. The includes a large number of diagrams, a parts list, and some model and prototype photos. The underframe was used for box cars and reefers of that same era, so this article can be used to scratchbuild those as well. Includes a sidebar what PRR "freight-car red" is and how we can model it.

Scratch-build a 1909 Pennsylvania Railroad Class Kf Stock Car Part 2

Covered in this installment are: the sides, the ends, assembling the body, the roof, and some updates to Part 1. Lots of diagrams are included, as well as a couple of model photos.

Some Thoughts on Weathering

The author completes an East West Rail Service SOO stock car, and provides tips on how he ages and weathers the painted wood model.