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John
hails from Wisconsin. He has taken to modeling the American Freedom
Train in HO scale and has graciously agreed to share with us images
and notes of his progress. It is still very much a work in progress,
so check back every month or so to see what's new. John is basing
much of his model on the Lionel AFT cars from the 1970's. Click
on any of the images to see a larger version!
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September 2008 John spent much of early 2008 working on his model train layout and crafting these renditions of the 10 AFT wagons as a commission for John Finnin.
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These wagons were carried on the AFT's three flatcars.
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John based them on 20' intermodal containers commonly available in HO scale. The real wagons were almost exactly the same size and shape. |
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Commercially
available intermodal containers typically have ribbed sides. John
has sanded them down to smooth sides. Trucks/wheels were added,
as were tow bars.
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Ready
for decoration.
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Wagons
10 and 11 complete with decals.
John's models of the wagons are by far the most prototypical the
editor has ever seen!
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Wagons 10 (Operations Office) and 11 (Storage). Works of art. |
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Wagons
12 and 14 complete with decals.
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Wagons
12 (Accounting/Storage) and 14 (Tickets).
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Wagons
15 and 16 complete with decals.
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Wagons
15 (Souvenirs) and 16 complete (Souvenirs).
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Wagons
17 and 18 complete with decals.
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Wagons
17 (Souvenirs) and 18 (Food Concessions).
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Wagons
19 and 20 complete with decals.
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Wagons
19 (Food Concessions) and 20 (Storage).
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Completed
American Freedom Train flat cars #30, 31 & 32 fit the road on
Johnny's Madison Central of Wisconsin (the 'Mad Cow') layout. First
up is the AFT Chevy Blazer.
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The
AFT Forklift. John's new GS-4 lurks in the background.
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The
concessions and souvenir wagons had signs that folded down on top
of the wagons for transport.
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Fantastic
artistry by Johnny Ripp. See his contact info at the top of this
page.
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The
business side of the ticket wagon #14.
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