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~ NWP 3906 #2 - Flatcar with Steam Donkey ~



Model Specifications:

Original model manufacturer unknown. The original model was a gondola car.

Tank: cut down/shortened from a standard length tank car.

Steam donkey/Logging skidder: Standard Bachmann part that is getting very hard to find at a reasonable price. The plastic simulated wood parts of the skidder were roughed up by scoring hundreds of cuts with an Exacto knife. The scoring enhances the factory wood grain, leaving a more realistic appearance of rough cut lumber for the skids.

Length: 4-3/4"

Weight: 2.7 oz. (Short of NMRA 3.3 oz. Specification) Originally the weight was dead on (weights are in the tank), but coupler problems required Kadee 510 truck mounted couplers and somehow I lost the weight.

Kadee 510 Trucks with 33" ribbed back wheels, truck mounted couplers. Couplers meet NMRA coupler height specifications.

Weathered for backwoods logging work on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad using various paints and powders.

History: This is the second Dave's Trains and Trees NWP 3906 flatcar. This car resides in Washington.

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