hello everyone, for the last couple of days I did work with Evergreen Styrene plates and profiles to get an use to it and an idea how much material and time is needed to build something like or similar to these...

I saw this little articulated Komatsu HM400 dump truck on eBay for a good price and ordered two...

Steel Mill slab carrier

Steel Mill ladle or slag pot carrier






and loaded with a bucket...

I also bought once a bag with three univeral mill cars in H0 scale on TradeMe...



and thought that would be a nice car to have in N scale, measured the H0 model and built one in N scale...

universal mill car

H0 car compared to the N scale one...






and loaded with two slabs...


the undercarriage is based on a shorten Athearn gondola (metal, nice and heavy) equiped with BLMA trucks with 36" low pro wheels and body mount MicroTrains couplers...

working with styrene, I like it...