Train full of 1/25 Chevelles

[Randytheroadrunner]

I'm a model railroader beside building model cars. I subscribe to an online hobby magazine, and found this on their Youtube page. Thought you all would get a kick out of it. Fast forward to 6:00 to view the autorack full of Chevelles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5_rxCznVI

[JunkPile]

[slusher]

Very cool, the Chevelles look great...

[Guest]

Very cool, but the train car full of cars is not 1/25, I would say 1/16. Cool nonetheless, the windmill train looks 1/25 to me.

[2002p51]

That's amazing!

[disabled modeler]

Astounding and awesome work!....Love the wagons!!!!....need to get me a couple....

[om617]

He built the cars from scratch?

[Toner283]

Very cool, but the train car full of cars is not 1/25, I would say 1/16. Cool nonetheless, the windmill train looks 1/25 to me.

He says during the interview that the cars are all based on the AMT plastic model kit with a couple of resin bodies (wagon, etc). When he has his hands near them they are way too small to be 1/16 IMO unless his hands are absolutely gigantic.

[PappyD340]

That was awesome!!

[ratdoggy]

Words cannot describe that! Just amazing doesn't cover it

[pharoah]

Amazing build!

I'd love to do something like that,but where would I put it?

[1930fordpickup]

Now that is different and way cool.

[Randytheroadrunner]

In the magazine, they say it's G Scale.

[Greg Cullinan]

Might be 1/25th,my clue? He says it 10 times ?.

That is a work of art. Said he knocked out all the cars over one summer?

[lordairgtar]

Very cool, but the train car full of cars is not 1/25, I would say 1/16. Cool nonetheless, the windmill train looks 1/25 to me.

Being familiar with G scale trains, I would say that the Chevelles are indeed 1/25th scale and I certainly can tell that by looking at the man's hands as he points out things on the rail car. Rail cars are huge in 1/25th/G scale and 1/16th would be absolutely monstrous. The wind blade cars are HO (1/87). A modern style car transport train is even longer. I did notice he had to have addressed the bad tail light situation on the Chevelles.

[lordairgtar]

He built the cars from scratch?

The rail car was made from scratch, the cars are kits and kits that were kit bashed and resin bodies. Also, G scale building kits are generally 1/24th scale so can be used for dioramas. The trains themselves are all over the place from 1/29 to 1/20 depending on type, manufacturer, and applications like narrow gauge.

Edited February 8, 2014 by lordairgtar

[ChrisBcritter]

That second image got me - I really had to look again to be sure those were models!

[pharoah]

It's been my understanding that G scale was about 1/25th. I remember seeing a G scale diesel locomotive on the counter at a hobby shop years ago.

Oh yeah, it was big-and expensive.

[randx0]

That is really cool , thanks for sharing it .

[Guest]

I missed the part where his hand was near them, I see now. Sorry, my bad.

[Greg Myers]

now to get the ol hearing checked.

[greymack]

That was some awesome video .Thanks for sharing it

[Art Anderson]

That TTX Tri-level would be huge in 1/25 scale, considering that the real flatcar itself is 85-feet long over the couplers (or the same length as US railroad passenger cars from about 1920 out to present-day AMTRAK.

Art

[Draggon]

Now thats impressive! I cant imagine building all those Chevelles, I think I would get burnt out at number 7

Edited February 10, 2014 by Draggon

[Ron Hamilton]

Some of the best work I have seen.