diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/trains/BogeyRenderer.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/trains/BogeyRenderer.java
index 33b23bac7..447982088 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/trains/BogeyRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/logistics/trains/BogeyRenderer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.simibubi.create.content.logistics.trains;
 
+import com.jozufozu.flywheel.api.MaterialManager;
+import com.jozufozu.flywheel.core.Materials;
 import com.jozufozu.flywheel.core.PartialModel;
 import com.jozufozu.flywheel.core.materials.model.ModelData;
 import com.jozufozu.flywheel.util.transform.Transform;
@@ -61,6 +63,21 @@ public abstract class BogeyRenderer {
 				: CachedBufferer.partial(model, air);
 	}
 
+	@OnlyIn(Dist.CLIENT)
+	public abstract void initialiseContraptionModelData(MaterialManager materialManager, BogeySize size);
+
+	public void createModelInstances(MaterialManager materialManager, PartialModel model, int count) {
+		ModelData[] modelData = new ModelData[count];
+		materialManager.defaultSolid().material(Materials.TRANSFORMED)
+				.getModel(model).createInstances(modelData);
+		contraptionModelData.put(model, modelData);
+	}
+
+	public void createModelInstances(MaterialManager materialManager, PartialModel... models) {
+		for (PartialModel model : models)
+			createModelInstances(materialManager, model, 1);
+	}
+
 	@OnlyIn(Dist.CLIENT)
 	public void render(CompoundTag bogeyData, float wheelAngle, PoseStack ms, int light, @Nullable VertexConsumer vb,
 					   BogeySize size) {