Scratched 6 Axle Whalebelly tanker..Finished less paint

[bobby pitts]

Scratched 6 Axle Whalebelly tanker, painted, decaled & weathered

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/page1/?details=1

This was a tough build! There are 52 solder joints on the walkway stanchions and 228 rivets applied one at a time. It's one ugly car, but unique to say the least. It hauled 23,000 gals of Phosphorus. Phosphorus is very heavy, thus the small car compared to the other multi-axle tank cars. It was part of the MONX 23000-23023 series.
Thanks for looking.

I uploaded 5 photos of the completed car.

Regards, Bobby

 

[ghost59]

You did a great job on a very unusual tank car. Nice work

 

[Bruette]

Great work! Thanks for sharing it with us!

 

[bobby pitts]

Guys, I thank you both.

Regards, Bobby

 

[tootnkumin]

Once again, you astound with the quality of your workmanship.

 

[35tac]

With out a doubt you are an artist. Wonderful! Thanks for sharing.
Wayne

 

[CP9302]

Top notch work as always! I love seeing your tank car builds.

 

[bobby pitts]

Thank you all, I'm pleased you enjoy my builds.

Regards, Bobby

 

[Doc]

Quite a talent

Sir you have quite a talent and patience untold. The tanker is a wonderful example of skill and artwork. Thanks for sharing and setting a bar.
Doc'

 

[Burlington Bob]

One word says it all. WOW!!!!!!

 

[bobby pitts]

Doc, Bob, I appreciate your kindness very much.

Regards, Bobby

 

[fcwilt]

That is most, most impressive.

I guess you've got some sort of insane genius thing going on.

Amazing.

 

[bobby pitts]

No sir, I'm just a 70 year old man that loves to build models. I'm very pleased you like them, thank you.

Regards, Bobby

 

[fcwilt]

70 years old... that is even more amazing. I'm 63 and the eyes aren't so good and the hands aren't so steady.

I couldn't do what you've done when I was at my best much less now.

Incredible, just incredible.

Do you ever make any to sell? I would love to have something of that caliber in my collection.

 

[bobby pitts]

Thanks again. If I didn't own a opti-visor I'd be lost. I also have a pair of single lens glasses that are a tad stronger than my tri- focal bottom. I don't sell any of my models, as long as my health holds up I'll enjoy them. Thank you for asking.

Regards, Bobby

 

[bobby pitts]

The car is done, I hope you like it.

Bobby

 

[trailrider]

Beautiful! That takes a lot of patience! For a minute I thought those were photos of the prototype.

 

[bobby pitts]

Thank you Trailrider, it's ugly but it's ugly like a bulldog.

Regards, Bobby

 

[tootnkumin]

Do you ever run all your tanks in a train? That would be some awesome sight.

 

[NScaler]

That is like...

holy....

geez that's good!

You have some mad skills Bobby!


I would love to be a fly on the wall while you built one of these. The tutorial alone would be worth a small fortune in the modeling world. Hint Hint.