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    What happens to a Bathtub coal car that sits- rust

    Hi all,

    So looking thru a box here one day I found I had an HO scale plastic Intermountain Railway Co.

    Bathtub coal car and couldn't find too many pics online of one so I thought what happens to all the coal cars since coal isn't used like it once was?

    The following pics are what I came up with. Note: I raised in a false bottom to add enough wait to meet the NMRA standards.

    I hear some of these cars made it to scrap yard duty, so maybe the next one I do will be beat up a bit?[B)]

    This car is weathered using artist oils, dull coat, alcohol and real coal dust for effect. This car is stock detailed (didn't know how to run the piping since I couldn't find pictures of it). I hope this give someone an idea for weathering their car.






































































    Thanx Thom...
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    Ooops, I'm an idiot. At the top-change wait to weight. :erm: Don't know how I missed that?

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    • #3
      I've only seen bathtub type coal hoppers from ground level. I hadn't realized that the deck inside over the trucks would be so comspicuous.
      James

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      • #4
        JBVB,

        I never saw the inside of one either (I can't find many pics of bathtub coal gons at all) let a lone the inside, but the model inside is white with the ends as you see here.

        The only thing I did was mimic a new floor on both ends and raise them 1/8" up to hide the square weights I added.

        I can only guess the manufacturer has got them right?

        Perhaps someone on the forum has the right shots?

        Thanx Thom...



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        • #5
          Nice weathering! Where are the bubbles for the bath? :0

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          • #6
            Leave it to me to always forget the basics...[:-bouncy]

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            • #7
              Need to shout out to the Culligan Man!! that must be terribly hard water for a bath...

              I’d imagine that the 1:1 version of that car would not have the block shapes over the trucks the model has, but be built out to mirror the / shape of the side profile and trucks would mount to bolsters at the same plane as the center beam. The model may be intended to be displayed loaded.
              KarlS-Curmudgeon



              Avatar image by Savannah Lyn Burgess 7-15-2022

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              • #8
                I managed to find a drawing of a bath gon and it shows two end shelf platforms inside. Interesting.




                Thanx Thom...

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                • #9
                  Hi everyone,

                  Sometimes when I build, I get this feeling that I can either do better or it's...just not done yet.

                  So I thought I'd add a removable steel scrap load because I saw a picture of this type of car in a scrap yard while researching.

                  The load is made up of actual steel shavings I did some 20 years ago and added a little salt to a jug of water and sat it on a shelf until I checked it out of curiosity some 7 years ago, but was still damp. (no shhhht).[:-bigeyes2]

                  So I removed the cap and left it until a couple days ago. No-I wasn't in a hurry to use the rust pieces-in fact I just didn't have a reason to use them until now. Go figure. :erm:

                  Here is what I came up with. The load is 1/8" thick white glued onto a thin piece of black styrene sheet with a 3/4" thick soft foam piece to give the illusion the car is full.(I wanted to try and keep the load light as possible).



























                  Thanx Thom...

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