Group Build Description: Simple rules…build anything you want…based on an actual vehicle or one you dream up…civilian or military…real railroad line or one you make up…any scale…any era…any country…any paint scheme…etc. etc.
For members that have electric train layouts, you could always build a working one to run on your track.
Just a “have fun and build what you want” campaign.
Build your own custom rail inspection vehicle.
Any skill level.
Any scale or gauge.
Any country.
Any vehicle.
Model an actual vehicle or create one of your own design.
Doesn’t have to be showroom fresh. I’m thinking rat rod on rails.
Civilian or military. If it is military, it needs to be an inspection vehicle, not a combat vehicle.
Any era.
Any paint scheme.
Real railroad line or one you make up.
Extra coolness points awarded to anyone that makes an actual working one for their model railroad layout.
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Glad to have you buddy. I figure this should be a fun campaign. Basically it is a “whatever your imagination comes up with” campaign. So……no need to worry about rivet counting in this one.
Now I just need to figure out what I want to build.
The problem we all face. My leading contender is Tamiya Jeep and Resicast resin set. The other thread has many interesting ideas but 1:24/25 parts seems hard to find.
Of the top of my head I can’t think on any conversion sets ever made. Looking for ideas I reread the thread and there are some options posted so if I did a larger scale, there might be some parts available.
The N. American version of G Scale in the model railroad world is typically around 1:24th with a good supply of scratch building “bits” and some of the European suppliers for the same “scale/gauge” produce their models and parts from about 1:20 to 1:32. The actual scale varies with the gauge of the prototype, narrow gauge being portrayed in the smaller scales. Frequently confusing and irritating but it has resulted in a lot of parts (wheel sets, side frames, brakes etc.) being produced in a wide variety of sizes.
Considering the variety of sizes the prototype equipment came in, the larger parts available in O-Scale (1/48) could work well in 1/35th and might be useful to you.
Hi Ryan, as @Colder notes, you might check out other scale parts, and do some scratch work to make up what you need. You might be able to find an inexpensive set of O scale trucks that you could cut up to make the wheels you need. These parts commonly have steel wheels but plastic axles, you could cut up/pin etc as needed to attach to the Jeep axles
Looking forward to this. I think 2026 will finally be my year.
I’m still looking for parts to convert my Monogram 1/24 Mack Bulldog into a rail truck. I’ve got a zillion links to sellers who make wheels that should work one way or another. Randy, I’ll send them to you. Anybody else who wants to see them, email me.
Scratchbuilding the bogie truck shouldn’t be too bad I really don’t have it in me to do much scratch building so I’ll probably spend the money and buy something.
The New York Central took an RDC (self-propelled passenger car, essentially) and strapped an engine pylon from a B52 to the roof to provide jet power from two engines! It didn’t catch on…
I’m not sure what I’d build yet. I did start a WW2 cargo truck on rail wheels (about 50% finished, on the shelf of shame) that was used as a yard loco, but a) it’s a loco not an inspection vehicle, and b) it’s already 50% completed…
Many decades ago I participated in a model hobby fair (model railroad club), we had set up a timesaver layout using LGB track and rolling stock.
I had lots of fun with something similar to this, I remember the one I played with as simpler. The trick was to reverse the propeller just in time to make it stop at the wanted position.
Something like it seems to have existed for real
I figure this should be a fun campaign. Basically it is a “whatever your imagination comes up with” campaign. So……no need to worry about rivet counting in this one. 
in all caps! 
