Alan Curtis Models - AC030 - Container, Flat Rack - Undecorated - 5-Pack

Specific Item Information: Pack of Five - assorted 20-foot, 40-foot and 48-foot containers.

Prototype History: Cargo comes in all shapes and sizes and cannot always be squeezed into a standard container. Hence, many inter-modal carriers have fleets of special containers that provide out-of-gauge and projects options for the most unique shipments. One unique container type is the Flat Rack. They have no sides, and their ends are collapsible.

These containers are popular with manufacturing companies such as steel, trucking, construction, sugar, mining, oil and gas. Cargo is secured to the base of the container by using web slings, lashing belts, wooden stoppers and bracing. Thus, typical cargoes include: pipes & tubes, break bulk cargoes, transformers, boilers, LPG tanks, earth moving equipment, construction equipment, cranes, sugar plants, coal plants, oil field equipment, hydro projects elements, and wind turbine components.

Road Name History: Although they may be molded in color, unpainted and unlettered, undecorated products are marketed to modelers who seek to custom decorate their models for private roads and/or road and/or company names that were not commercially produced by any of the major manufacturers.

Undecorated models are frequently also unassembled or only partially assembled and required modelers to be comfortable with glue, paint and sometimes solder in order to prepare their models for display. Materials for these models can vary but often include plastic, pewter and resin. Models may or may not come with decals or other decorations such as plastic signage, railings and ladders to enhance the appearance of the final product.