Description
An HO-scale LPG Tank Car in late CBTX livery, this UTC 33K model is a detailed freight piece designed for realistic operation on hobby layouts. It captures a late-era LPG carrier with three body phases—early, flat panel, and late—and is loaded with prototype detailing: separately applied walkway platforms, manways, outlets, ladders, brake rigging, safety rail supports, and tank saddles, along with photo-etched walkways, wire safety rails, end platforms, printed placards, and body-mounted McHenry scale double-shelf knuckle couplers. The underframe is fully detailed with brakes configured to match the prototype, and the car rides on 100-ton trucks with animated bearing caps and machined RP25 wheels for authentic rolling. Painted and printed for prototypical realism, it’s weighted for dependable operation on layouts with a minimum 18-inch radius.
Primed for grime models feature duplicates the look and feel of in-service equipment, offering faded and dull base colors matched to the prototype and providing an ideal starting point for adding grime, rust, and weathering to bring the scene to life.
