This gorgeous prototype tank car model has never been available before in either brass or plastic, with applicability for modelers from the 1960s to the 2000s. Tangent Scale Models are excited to bring you this highly-relevant – and needed – tank car model in HO Scale.

North American Car Corporation (NACC) produced this 20,500 Gallon tank car design between 1963-1966. These non-insulated tank cars were used for various commodities, including Vegetable Oils, Dyes and Colorants, Coatings, Liquid Phosphorous, Ethylene Glycol, Kerosene, and Gasoline. The welded tank design does not include an expansion dome but instead has a loading bonnet, gauging device, and a safety valve or safety vent. The underside of the underframe features the brake appliances, bottom outlet, and some cars have heater coil system pipes. These cars are notable by the handrails that extend across the entire tank from the ends. All of these features fit within a Plate B clearance envelope.

The Tangent Scale Models NACC 20,500 Gallon Tank Car is a dimensionally-accurate replica that adds great visual variety to your tank car fleet. Tangent Scale Models model includes key build variations, notably the top of tank fittings, underframe fittings, and brake systems. This replica includes Tangent Scale Models “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Tangent Scale Models ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks.

Tangent Scale Models March 2026 release of the HO NACC 1963-design 20,500 Gallon Non-Insulated Tank Car includes four railroad schemes, plus two RTR unlettered “but painted” options.

The Tangent Scale Models NACC 20,500 Gallon Tank Car is a dimensionally-accurate replica that adds great visual variety to your tank car fleet. Tangent Scale Models model includes key build variations, notably the top of tank fittings, underframe fittings, and brake systems. This replica includes Tangent Scale Models “near-scale” draft gear box including side “key” detail. Tangent Scale Models ready-to-operate replica is finished with coupler lift bars accompanying Kadee scale couplers, sufficient hidden weights, and CNC-machined wheels to ensure the model operates as good as it looks. With beautiful details, tank body accurate details, genuine Kadee couplers, and all-metal wheels, Tangent Scale Models provide you with a high-value model that will provide you with years of enjoyment and curb-appeal.

A quick synopsis of Tangent Scale Models NACC 20,500 Gallon Tank Car paint-scheme specific details and variations include:

• Highly correct “true to life” colors
• Industry-leading “Hyper-Accurate” lettering including exact fonts and lettering placement
• Multiple road numbers for each scheme
• Multiple 5-course tank body details and assembly builds, including top of tank appliance variations and bottom outlet appliance variations
• “See through” rooftop walkways and end platforms
• “Lacey” handrails and ladders
• Separately applied tank strap detail
• Accurately angled bolster details
• Dimensionally-correct hazardous placards with accurate hole detail
• “See-through” bolster detail just like the prototype
• Detailed brake system including a combination of plastic and wire parts to maximize realism
• Separate flexible durable rubber air hoses
• “Near-scale” draft gear box with beautifully-rendered side “key” detail
• Genuine Kadee scale couplers – no knock-offs
• Tangent Scale Models precision 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with prototype-specific rotating bearing caps (four possible options!) and separate brake beam part
• CNC-machined 36” wheels with accurate front and back detail
• Replacement semi-scale wheels available separately from Tangent
• Weighted to NMRA specifications
• Recommended age 14 years and older

NATX “Black Lease Delivery 1966” NACC 1963-Design 20,500gal Non-Insulated Tank

• Product: NACC 1963-Design 20,500gal Non-Insulated Tank
• Scale: HO Scale 1:87.1
• Truck: Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with rotating “Timken” bearing caps and separate brake beam part
• Wheels: CNC-Machined 36″ Wheels
• Era: 1966-1981

– NATX “Black Lease Delivery 1966” introduces the first version of the NATX “plain black lease” paint scheme, this one from the 1966 original build of this specific car lot. These cars feature the Roman-style stenciling in white, which certainly “pops” against the black-painted carbody. Like most non-billboard lessee stenciled tank cars, these cars state their lessee in a very small stencil on the car, including the words “Hercules Powder Company.” Check out the reporting mark, road numbers, and NACC-standard serial number applied to the super-detailed underframe. These tank cars roll on Tangent 100-ton Barber S-2 trucks with 36’ wheels, separate truck brake beams and rotating Timken roller bearing caps. These cars are available now, perfect for filling out your era-specific trains.

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