Lets see your schnabel car

[Rub]

Im sure not if alot of guys have them. Also did you scratch build it buy it?

 

[Littlefoot14]

I know Larry has a schnabel car, i remember seeing pics of it awhile back and it looked pretty good, maybe he'll post here, if not try PM'ing him?

 

[Larry]

The 1st photo is a Kibri Kit & the 2nd photo is a scratchbuilt. Not exactly a Schnabel car, more like a heavy duty flat.
This summer I hope to build a full size HO scale Schnabel that I have the prints for. That 1 will take 26 trucks & be about 26" long w/out a load.

 

[diburning]

I suck at building things... where I can I find a RTR schnabel car?

 

[Larry]

I suck at building things... where I can I find a RTR schnabel car?

Most Schnabel RTR cars are made by European companies. Like Kibri, Faller & a few others. Usually the starting prices are about $195.00 & up. It's about the same price if you buy all the parts from a kit builder. Then you have to supply your own trucks, couplers, detail parts & paint.

 

[diburning]

detailing and paint is where I fail. I'm ok at assembly, but paint and detailing is where I lack skill in. Ok, who am I kidding, I am only capable of putting together shake-the-box kits.

I want a RTR already painted car that has all the parts put together. I can' install trucks and couplers myself.

But most imporartantly, I want a modern US prototype, not something that's European with knuckle couplers

 

[NYSW F45]

con-sys.com makes them. I keep forgetting to purchase one.

 

[diburning]

They're undec kits though. They look difficult to put together

 

[MGWSY]

Here is a brass one I have.

 

[NYSW F45]

They're undec kits though. They look difficult to put together

They dont look hard to put together, just lack of parts. No trucks/wheels, no stirrups or grabs irons, no couplers. But if i end up buying one someday i welcome the challenge.

 

[diburning]

I don't think I have $80 to spend on a kit....

But I guess I'll try one sometime in the future if I can't find one already built

 

[jeffrey-wimberly]

I have something I'm working on. It doesn't like like much right now.

 

[NYSW F45]

I don't think I have $80 to spend on a kit....

But I guess I'll try one sometime in the future if I can't find one already built

i hear ya on that. But $80 to build one and a few extra dollars to get the rest of the parts compared to a several hundred for a brass is easier for me. lol

Only brass besides a schnabel i want is a jordan spreader.

 

[diburning]

I like the heavy duty flats and depressed center flats too, but the Walthers ones are horrible. They can pretty much derail while sitting still since they are so light

 

[Larry]

I like the heavy duty flats and depressed center flats too, but the Walthers ones are horrible. They can pretty much derail while sitting still since they are so light

All of my Walthers Flats get new wheels as soon as I get one. Then I put on a heavy load & that takes care of derailments.

 

[tooter]

Gee... I had no idea of what a schnabel was until reading this thread. Here's a sort of schnabel wannabe...

It's an old heavy Roundhouse metal 200 ton flat car kit with with all metal spring trucks and wheels from the early 1950's. Haven't assembled it yet.

 

[Larry]

Tooter. That's a start for one end of a Schnabel car. If you had 2 of those that were exactly alike you could start a scratchbuilt car.

 

[kz9]

Here is a brass one I have.

I want!

 

[tooter]

Tooter. That's a start for one end of a Schnabel car. If you had 2 of those that were exactly alike you could start a scratchbuilt car.

I doubt I'll find another 50+ year old metal kit, but who knows? This one was only $10.50.

 

[Larry]

Here's a bunch of pictures of a giant one. I said it had 26 axles, well, it has 36 axles.