Steve,
Thanks for the info. I will check out your photos in the Zephyr. Things
are never easy.
Bill Barber
On Tuesday, August 30, 2005, at 05:52 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:32:07 -0500
> From: <sholding@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: Re:Q Hopper Cars
>
> Bill
> If you look in the latest Zephyr bottom of page 4 is my O Scale
> Freight train with 6 hoppers and a GS Gon.
> Problem is not much is made in O Scale in Q so I have to kit bash or
> just reletter. Another problem is few decals in Q but I have found
> often it is better to use S scale decals or even some larger HO for
> the Q. For my Alum Hopper I had a special run of black decals done
> by Champ trouble is the box car decals are too big in O so I reduced
> them with my scanner and made my own using a Decal Kit from Walthers.
> That way too I could play around with the fonts and sizes and get all
> the fancy lettering. Course they were in black. I did a pair of
> rebuilt GS Gons like in the data sheets and made my own castings for
> the side panels. Used all three sizes of decals for them and some dry
> transfers from CDS
> You can use the Atlas 55ton Steel Hopper Needs a line scratched on
> the side because of the two piece side panels The Composite Hopper
> and also the GS Gon
> Cheaper is the Weaver Composite Hopper and they come in Q Just have
> to change the herald from an oblong one the way it comes to a square
> one.
> sjh
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