Hi Earl; The CB&Q car from the Athearn twin was covered in MRs "Paint Shop" series a long time ago, I don't know if the index would allow finding the article or if it would be worth while for the info included; just a photo of the realcar would probably be sufficient.
Both the Q car and the SOU would fit Tom's interest in a red painted car, the DL&W would probably be black. Pieter Roos Sent from my iPhone On Nov 9, 2012, at 7:35 AM, "Earl Tuson" <[email protected]> wrote: Tom, Hearing an SPF complain that hoppers cars aren't interesting seems akin to an SP/UP/ATSF modeler think that reefers are drab or even a NYC guy get bored about varnish. What would I know; I just model a pokey shortline. Pieter has already pointed you in the right direction with the H31 if you want a PRR car from the AM hopper. A GLa is better created from an SHS twin. You'll want to poke me in the eye, but I have got two cases of unlettered SHS twins and a wad of Berwind and PRR dry transfers on hand. Guess what those have been intended for! For those of you who do find prototype hopper car variation interesting, there may be a few more things to do with the AM car. The DL&W had several series of longer 10 panel twins. (My first mold ever was made to copy cast the ribs right of the AM car body. Six castings were to be grafted on where 4 ribs were removed, but I botched the shell. I later obtained a new body, but never resurrected the project.) The DL&W later rebuilt some of these cars with... 8 panels. Someone in the Dispatch suggested, and I further advocated, that the DL&W rebuilt hopper be the convention car for the Steamtown convention, but the idea fell on deaf ears. Too many "hoppers are all the same," guys, I guess. The longer VGN twins have already been mentioned, and if 34' is not too much off for you, some SOU twins are doable. But, in your neck of the woods, Tom, you might also want to consider one of the CB&Q 33' twins that had a horizontal side sheet seam about halfway up the car side. Archer rivets would be just the thing for that. Hopper cars are fun, Earl Tuson ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
