OK Guys, now you can comment. . . I am not trying to sell this one.
This was a homemade scratch-built flatcar with a load that I found on facebook and it arrived via ECLSTS. The trucks were standard Aristo with plastic wheels. There were a few problems - trucks too far from the ends and the car was too high on the bolsters. Details were lacking.
As I was visiting the Woodland Railway for their ops session, I decided to do some quick clean-up work. I added new bolsters 1/2" closer to the ends, painted and fitted some aristo metal wheels, added corner plates and strap steps, and a pawl and ratchet for the brake. The underside got truss rods and dummy turn-buckles. I shortened the coupler mount, but left on the LGB coupler as I planned to run with a loco similarly fitted. As it is going to be used in my UK trains, I also added some leftover Aster buffers and a coupling hook (pls ignore them.)
And here’s how it turned out.
Finally, we ran as a special on the Woodland Rwy that following weekend, behind the Wisbech & Upwell tram (commonly known as Toby.)
I still need to add more details, but it is starting to look like a flatcar.
