Ho car info??

[sailormatlac]

Its an FMC hopper, much like the ones first produced by Model Diecasting and now by Athearn.

My instinct says they did make a blue-box kit that included either the Grain hatches/underframe, or the pneumatic type hatches and underframe. unfortuneately, i cannot seem to find an example of this kit with the latter details, so i might b e crazy, and you may still need to kit bash.

Here is a photo of the grain kit. Athearn sells an RTR version, but you might be better off starting from the kit.

GEC, exactly the kit I was refering to.

In fact, it will need kitbashing. Number of ribs and length aren't the same. That could be easily done with some styrene strips. That said, the pneumatic hatches would also need to be spaced accordingly.

If you really want that car, the kitbash option is a safe bet. It would be a rather straight forward conversion well worth a try.

Good luck and keep us informed!

Matt