Also worth noting that Trevor Marshall has a couple of posts on detailing and weathering these tank cars (and SHS hoppers) on his blog at
http://themodelrailwayshow.com/cn1950s/ Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 5/22/12, Talmadge C 'TC' Carr <[email protected]> wrote: Cool. So what do ya do to get the ACF side sills?TCC:} On May 22, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Pieter Roos wrote: The tank car would still work. ACF major designs where in 1921 and 1927 (the latter carried through the 1940's), while the GATX design standardized in 1930. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 5/22/12, Talmadge C 'TC' Carr <[email protected]> wrote: InterestingI however am limited to 1930 or earlier. On May 22, 2012, at 12:29 PM, scale S only wrote: I've converted the car to ACF prototype by adding side and end sills, and a GATX car just needs two-rung corner steps and some additional detailing. It's a reasonable 10,000 gal steam era tank car, in other words, but can be improved Talmadge C 'TC' CarrSn42 and Hn42 somewhere in the wilds of the Pacific [email protected]
