How To Build an industrial-railway flatcar

Build an industrial-railway flatcar

By Angela Cotey | February 23, 2018

| Last updated on March 5, 2021

Get full-size drawings to build this flatcar

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Thomas A. Yorke

Thomas Yorke starts the first of three scratchbuilt projects in the April 2018 issue. Download these full-size drawings of his flatcar and follow his instructions in the magazine.

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