Freight car projects for the Grande Valley Railway

[Catt]

I did this very same project on a N scale covered hopper with the .010" rod. When I got it done I compared it to a box stock identical covered hopper. Looking at both cars straight on you could not see any difference in the appearance of the grabs. Interesting thing to me is .010" is 1.5" in N scale. Needless to say I don't think I will be doing any more N scale cars.