08-15-2020, 09:58 PM
Obviously, the C-D-S 560 set is for that CNR twin hopper.
There's at least one dealer at the Ancaster Train Show, in November, that carries a fairly good supply of C-D-S stuff, but there's no guarantee that there'll even be a train show this year. If there is a show, I can look for that set, and mail it to you...if you're not in a rush, of course.
However, desperate times call for desperate measures, so if you don't mind juggling some of the numbers (governments and gangsters do it all the time) you could use almost any C-D-S CNR set meant for a boxcar-red piece of rolling stock, as most of those sets had the spelled-out roadname in the same size, and enough numerals to put together for an appropriate hopper number.
Fudging the dimensional data is a little more work, but not terrible if you don't worry about being completely prototypical.
A bit easier, regarding car numbers (especially on the ends, and small-print dimensional data) is to assemble the required dry transfer numerals on clear decal paper, and then apply it as one-piece decals, much like we used to get from Champ.
I have only a couple of CNR hoppers, and they're in the pre-war black paint scheme. I'd offer a photo, but I'd have to find it in my disorganised disc collection, as Big Blue will not show images from the "new" version of photobucket...I've tried, but all that shows-up is this...
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I did try to find a photo on-disc, and actually found the one I wanted, on the first disc that I viewed. However, when enlarged, or "copied", to transfer to my desktop for re-sizing as an attachment, it enlarges as a totally different picture of a N&W hopper...talk about juggling numbers!
Anyway, here's the two hoppers in a just-taken-a-minute-ago picture...
...not that it'll be much help in finding that C-D-S set.
Glen, those parts that I got from Bowser, from their very nicely-done ACF covered hoppers, may have been available only because I was in their store in Montoursville, and was picking-up a fairly large (several hundred dollars) pre-order. It probably wouldn't hurt, though, if you contacted the retail Sales Manager, Richard Cox, as he was the one with whom I dealt in-store. I simply asked if I could buy the parts that I wanted, and he wrote-down the part numbers, went into the back room where the pad printing is done, and came back with the parts I needed. (I can provide an e-mail address if you wish to contact him.)
EDIT: Glen, I just now saw your post in Swap Meet, and wanted to mention that Black Cat Publishing do offer some decals suitable for your boxcar.
Wayne
There's at least one dealer at the Ancaster Train Show, in November, that carries a fairly good supply of C-D-S stuff, but there's no guarantee that there'll even be a train show this year. If there is a show, I can look for that set, and mail it to you...if you're not in a rush, of course.
However, desperate times call for desperate measures, so if you don't mind juggling some of the numbers (governments and gangsters do it all the time) you could use almost any C-D-S CNR set meant for a boxcar-red piece of rolling stock, as most of those sets had the spelled-out roadname in the same size, and enough numerals to put together for an appropriate hopper number.
Fudging the dimensional data is a little more work, but not terrible if you don't worry about being completely prototypical.
A bit easier, regarding car numbers (especially on the ends, and small-print dimensional data) is to assemble the required dry transfer numerals on clear decal paper, and then apply it as one-piece decals, much like we used to get from Champ.
I have only a couple of CNR hoppers, and they're in the pre-war black paint scheme. I'd offer a photo, but I'd have to find it in my disorganised disc collection, as Big Blue will not show images from the "new" version of photobucket...I've tried, but all that shows-up is this...
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I did try to find a photo on-disc, and actually found the one I wanted, on the first disc that I viewed. However, when enlarged, or "copied", to transfer to my desktop for re-sizing as an attachment, it enlarges as a totally different picture of a N&W hopper...talk about juggling numbers!
Anyway, here's the two hoppers in a just-taken-a-minute-ago picture...
...not that it'll be much help in finding that C-D-S set.
Glen, those parts that I got from Bowser, from their very nicely-done ACF covered hoppers, may have been available only because I was in their store in Montoursville, and was picking-up a fairly large (several hundred dollars) pre-order. It probably wouldn't hurt, though, if you contacted the retail Sales Manager, Richard Cox, as he was the one with whom I dealt in-store. I simply asked if I could buy the parts that I wanted, and he wrote-down the part numbers, went into the back room where the pad printing is done, and came back with the parts I needed. (I can provide an e-mail address if you wish to contact him.)
EDIT: Glen, I just now saw your post in Swap Meet, and wanted to mention that Black Cat Publishing do offer some decals suitable for your boxcar.
Wayne