Getting close to the end....

[ngauger]

Great stuff as always, Wayne!!

[cn nutbar]

Doctor Wayne---I guess that old saying "don't fix it if it ain't broken" dosen't mean anything to you---you have converted some very nice original cars into works of art The Pennsy covered hopper and the pickle car are real beauties

[doctorwayne]

Thanks once again for the kind words, folks. :oops:

Bear, the Bowser H-30, about 5" long, tips my el cheapo scale at 4oz., about 1/2oz. over the NMRA recommend weight for a car of that length. The trucks are extremely free-rolling (and also nicely detailed with a fully-represented spring package) so the car should perform well in a train.

While I, too, would have preferred a kit, the in-store price was about six bucks lower than the announced price, and since this is a car which I have long wanted, seemed reasonable enough. I am generally not a fan of r-t-r, as most of what I've seen needs further work, but this one had pretty-well everything, including nicely-piped brake gear and at least some of the brake rigging not normally visible on a hopper car. All of the grab irons are metal and to-scale. Unfortunately, the car is made in China, so I doubt that we'll see kit versions of it. Still, kudos to Bowser for ensuring that it was done so well. If I were modelling Pennsy, I'd have bought several.

Wayne

[e-paw]

WOW DOC!!! that door and a half looks great,, Now I want one... <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Freight%20Cars%20-%20Part%20II/Modifiedrollingstock054.jpg">http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/ ... ock054.jpg</a><!-- m -->

What kind of trucks did you use?

[JaBear]

Gidday Wayne, thanks very much for the run down on that Bowser H 30. Over weight, in my limited experience, that would have to be a first. Looks like if I see one in this neck of the woods I'll have to grab it while I can.
Cheers, the Bear.

[doctorwayne]

Thanks, Steve - it's always good when it meets with the approval of the road's CEO.

Those trucks are National B-1s, from Proto, now Walthers. The prototype ones entered service about 1931.

Wayne

[zstripe]

Wayne,
I like that, pickle,packer,shipper,too.Great Job!!
Cheers,
Frank,AKA zstripe

[gbwdude]

Four letters in GERN... Four tanks on the pickle car... I smell a car in the works that's 3% more awesome!

[modelsof1900]

A week from Forum absent - and now this!
A dozen or so revised and additional detailed models of Doc! What a show in freight car modeling. And at the end of a revised sample of 'my' pickle car - new details and replaced parts.
How all time again - highest acknowledgment for this fine work, Doc!

[doctorwayne]

Thanks for your kind words, Bernhard. Your great-looking pickle cars were the inspiration which made me decide to revitalise that old Athearn car. Much better to have it in-service on the layout, rather than languishing in its box.


Wayne