About 30 years ago a long-gone train shop was closing out Model Power/IHC quad hoppers. These were a Bethlehem Steel prototype from the 1960s and 70s. Walthers did these as kits in the 1990s and recently reissued an upgraded version as a Mainline model. The older cars were done by Mehano, then in Yugoslavia, now Slovenia.
I got a bunch of the Model Power closeout cars and have gradually pulled them out, stripped them, and upgraded them following my usual technique with AHM and similar cars. Here's one I did as C&NW about eight years ago:
Here are the two I'm working on now. They'll be done as NS in current lettering with conspicuity stripes.
Nice job on the BNSF Gondola!!! Looks it spent some dwelling in a location that the local artists were able to add some color to it.
ReplyDeleteI like the Hopper car project you are working on. I picked up a couple of the IHC / Mehano cars a long time ago. Converted to body mounted couplers so far but they still need some work for prime time.