08-16-2016, 10:50 AM
Very nicely-done, Bernhard (not surprisingly). 
I hope that we'll see some additional photos once your friend has painted the cars, too.
Bowser makes an open grid roofwalk for their version of the ACF 70 ton covered hopper:
![[Image: LSWbuildersphotographs007.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Freight%20Cars%20-%20Part%20II/LSWbuildersphotographs007.jpg)
Here's a better view, on a modified MDC PS-2 covered hopper, showing the open grid visible at the "B" end of the car:
![[Image: FREIGHT%20CARS...%20021.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Freight%20Cars%20-%20Part%20III/FREIGHT%20CARS...%20021.jpg)
The roofwalks, along with the laterals for each end of the car, are available separately from Bowser, in unpainted styrene. I'm not sure if it's as fine as your laser-cut ones, but quite a few handbrake platforms could be made from just one.
Wayne
I hope that we'll see some additional photos once your friend has painted the cars, too.
Bowser makes an open grid roofwalk for their version of the ACF 70 ton covered hopper:
Here's a better view, on a modified MDC PS-2 covered hopper, showing the open grid visible at the "B" end of the car:
The roofwalks, along with the laterals for each end of the car, are available separately from Bowser, in unpainted styrene. I'm not sure if it's as fine as your laser-cut ones, but quite a few handbrake platforms could be made from just one.
Wayne