Here at Mini-Me-Wagons the NZ120 division the Mark's Model Works while we have been waiting for the test etches for the IA and IB to turn up from Scotland we've been looking for containers.
Along the same theme as the wagons we are looking to do it on the cheap
Of course if we allow the models to be viewed, only from a distance, so all the details that DB has got with those lovely cast examples are not a big driver.
Travelling around the internet the cardboard-paper version found at http://www.scalescenes.com/products/T031-Shipping-Containers look to be exactly what we need and if any of you out there have any good photos of local examples we should be able to design our own range of NZ120 containers.
The OO sheet can be printed at 63% to make it NZ120 and a special trip into work to see the friendly draught person
Printed
Cut
Glued
Cut again
Then glued again
One 20 ft ISO container in 120th scale
Not sure about this gluing business, just don't have the patience for it.
Still only cost, the time and the original 3.99 GBP for the download.
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Or you can go to this site
http://www.igshansa.de/igsorg.html
and click on the "download / english" link on the left to find some fabulous containers in various scales, including 1/100..
AH
forgot to add - for free...
...and if you have Photoshop (or similar) you can download the H0 version pdf, open the pdf in Photoshop with at least 600dpi and resize it to 1:120 and print it out... they even have an office container to download...
cheers...
steve w.
Comparing the two, the scalescenes containers are more "Photo-real" whereas the Igshana ones are done with a drawing package.
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