02-13-2011, 11:15 PM
I actually am doing 12 of the ex-SF cars and 15 of the ex-MR cars. The top car in the photo below is the MR car, made from an Athearn BB #1624 rivet side reefers with the ribs added at the rivet lines. Also had to cut the original small doors out and replace them with Accurail plug doors.
The ex-SF cars are made from Athearn BB #1631 outside braced reefers, these already had the angled ribs. This is the bottom car in the photo. These prototype cars also have oval shaped fuel tanks rather than the rectangular ones on the MR car, so I fabricated those.
The ex-SF cars are made from Athearn BB #1631 outside braced reefers, these already had the angled ribs. This is the bottom car in the photo. These prototype cars also have oval shaped fuel tanks rather than the rectangular ones on the MR car, so I fabricated those.