Boxcab Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I decided to improve the appearance of this ACF hopper as it looked a bit toy like when compared to the Atlas Master line & Lionel hoppers that I have. The main thing that needed attention were the moulded running boards & grab handles. The running boards were replaced with Evergreen square strip & plastic mesh and the grab handles were made from brass wire. The trough hatches were made from plasticard to replace the original round ones. The only cost was the plastic mesh which was about £2-00, the rest of the materials I had in stock. Full details of this appeared in the August edition of Continental Modeller. 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasond Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Nice mods, the top-down view is what we often get first and solid roof-walks with molded (thick!) hand-grabs, etc helped Weaver keep the price down, but.... My excuse for not doing mine yet is that I'm going to cut the middle two bays out for a cement hopper. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Ooh, very nice! Unfortunately since my local 'Smiffs' closed down nearly 2 years ago I've not seen Continental Modeller at all. I have a couple of these models that need these mods. On my Soo Line one I managed to get a Pecos River replacement brass 3-bay chassis, to which I soldered new stirrups out of brass strip, and replaced the Weaver trucks with Atlas roller bearing ones. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMO Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 The result is very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 August 21 CM is showing as Out of Stock on the Peco website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted November 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2021 I have a subscription: it’s always in stock there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Regularity said: I have a subscription: it’s always in stock there! So if someone - anyone - just wanted a copy or scan of the article under consideration, then, just hypothetically you understand..... Edit - only just checked today's emails!!! "D'oh!! " and "Thank you, Sir!! " in equal measure!!!! Edited November 19, 2021 by F-UnitMad Mr Regularity is a Mind Reader!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted November 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2021 I have no idea what you are talking about… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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