w124bob Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I'll get things going with a few smaller cars,all done in the last few weeks and for me a change of emphasis. I've dozens of cars for grain service ,based mostly on Accurail kits. So this was a bit of a change all but one based on real Conrail and CSX cars, 3 Athearn and a pair of real nice Kadee early PS2 70ton hoppers. Athearn ACF 2bay straight from the box but weathered per the prototype(well this side is) Another Athearn again based on a real car, a lot of lettering removed with Microsol(real easy on this one) leaving just the data. CR decals from Highball. This is one of the 2 Kadee cars, cheap off Ebay, All Rio Grande lettering removed leaving nothing but plain gray plastic for the decals from Highball. This other Kadee car an NP patchout for the R&W, my own shortline. Finally an Athearn 2bay CSX patchout, straigh from the box just weathered. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigZ Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 An ex PRR H30, built about 7 years ago from the Rail Shops kit. And with the appearance of the excellent Bowser models, there's now no reason to build the Rail Shops (or Funaro & Camerlengo) kits of the X30. Life's too short... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) I think this is an Atlas model. Edited May 20, 2017 by Gene 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Willy Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 0-scale from 25 years ago. This is a coal hopper with a roof added. The Reading later build these from new Another coal hopper with roof. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Covered Hoppers are my favourite type of US freight car and I have far too many than I need for a small switching layout. I'm particularly fond of the rib sided variety, both tall and high sided. These 4 cars are currently in service on The Marlborough Branch. Walthers Evans 4780 MDC Roundhouse FMC 4700 Lifelike Proto 2000 Pullman Standard 4427 Athearn Pullman Standard 4740 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I do like the ribbed sided hoppers also...as well as the new Intermountain Canadian cylindrical hoppers. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBrad Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I'll have to take a pic or 2 later for this, they are still "fresh out of the box" at the moment, but I'd welcome ideas for improving them. One thing i will be doing is going for manual "hand of god" uncoupling, so the tails of the knuckle couplings will be removed in due course. Thinking of trying acrylics for weathering. Actually, you can just about see them in the following pics 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 A few more, Bachmann " Visit Alberta" cylindrical hoppers, weathered using acrylics,pastel powders and oil paints 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Here's the only photo I can find of a couple of my HO scale ones. I think I actually have enough to fill the entire yard on my layout now. I also have three PS2 hoppers in O scale. Oh, and don't get me started on N scale! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Here they are I'm yet to massacre them with weathering powder. Might try changing the decals on the PWV one too, but I also foresee myself chickening out of that. The one in the middle is a Bowser something-or-other, the outer two are Atlas Trainman PS-2s, which have annoying magnetic axles. And the trucks that come with them aren't compatible with kadee wheelsets. So 4x new trucks coming my way sooner or later. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEntropyBubble Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Here's some Intermountain Cylindricals. Andrew 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I have a lot of covered hoppers in N, HO and O scale. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) A couple of pics of my Soo Line O Scale ones. Weaver Lionel Edited May 23, 2017 by F-UnitMad 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 N scale, so I have multiples of most of the types shown: Adrian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor quinn Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 I have a few so to start with here are a couple I made from E&B Car Shops kits A CN 2 bay hopper CN single bay Airslide Nick 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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