Duncan,
If you are
considering using National Type B-1 trucks from Proto 2000 you may want to use
the Bowser covered hoppers instead. I had an article in Rail Model Journal
about that. You can find it on the ?Train Life? website. I used a Sunshine
ATSF/ Portland Cement ?mini-kit? to replace the roof, latches and hatches. The
hatches are larger and have the ?J? shaped hinge brackets toward the outer
edges. If you can?t get these you could try the long lift rings from Detail
Associates cemented to the side of the hatch flange. Fabricating the roof ribs
for the appropriate version could be done. I used the Champ set and found the
herald to be a very tight fit between the ribs. Jerry?s decals have much
sharper art and work well with a much thinner film used. I use Micro Scale 1
& 2 setting solution. Poly Scale special Oxide Red with a Future by Pledge
Floor Finish glosscoat followed by Model Masters or Poly Scale
Flat.
There are many
reasons I don?t personally like the Kato hoppers beside the oddball truck
mounts. The coupler mount needs to be removed and replaced and the frame
fabricated to use a KD box either semi-scale or regular size. The flexible
stirups seem to jump off and hide in the tall weeds. The existing latch bars
don?t hold paint well and often distort or get caught on something and bend
out of shape.
Sincerely,
Rob
Manley
Midwest
Mod-U-Trak
"Better modeling
through personal embarassment"
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23, 2013 8:33 PM
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Subject: [CBQ] covered hopper
decals
Has anyone ever produced decals
for the CB&Q's original lot of covered hoppers with the "Everywhere West"
slogan (I think on both sides)?
I'd like to back date some of the
Kato HO hoppers to that series.