Bringin' Back the Scene 02 – Ford Fairmont, part 2

: Fairmonts ready to load

I was trying to reproduce the scene using Ford Fairmont produced by Atlas.

Loading the cars neatly on the auto rack considered not easy, I fixed 5 cars on a black-painted thin plastic plate cut to the dimension fitting into the auto rack’s ditch. The cars hereby can be loaded neatly without glues. That would make future weathering easy, too.

I used Micro-Trains 112020 RD# CN700721. Though the model lacks the right CN logo plate, the building date of the car suggested by MTL is 1972: that’s enough for me. Also used in the photo below reproducing the scene are MTL32260 RD# PGE4521 and MTL54050 RD# TT80280.

I’m satisfied with the result. The only problem is that the cost. I can buy a locomotive!

: Hinton, ALTA, Canada. summer, 1971
: summer, 2012
車を１台づつ積んできれいに並べるのが面倒なのと、接着してしまうといつかウエザリングといったときに困りそうなので、デッキの溝にちょうどはまるプラ板に１段分５台を並べて接着した。可動式になっている模型の渡り板を倒し、それを実物よろしく車端から滑り込ませば、簡単にそしてきれいに積むことができる。

結果はご覧のとおり。筆者は気に入っているが、問題は価格だ。この積荷の購入代金と同じお金で機関車が買える…。