The car is now complete other than the brake wheel stuff...and a coat of paint. I don't know that she'll be receiving any paint...anytime soon...
I've also started a second coal car. The first car was believed to be a UP built type 1 27' coal car...the same prototype as Hartford Products F scale DSP&P 27' coal car...although theirs has the wrong bolster, the wrong trucks, and a couple other small details that are perfectly acceptable. This second car is a UP built type 2 27' coal car...which was the design that served as the backbone of the coal car fleet into C&S days. They came in two different styles...with a 8" or 10" side sills...mine is a 10". Cimarron Works offers this car in Sn3 (and maybe, previously, in On3).
Lastly, here's the frame for my 26' stock car project. Cimarron Works also offers it in Sn3 and previously in On3...while Trout Creek Engineering is coming out with it in HOn3 and On3.
I've also started a second coal car. The first car was believed to be a UP built type 1 27' coal car...the same prototype as Hartford Products F scale DSP&P 27' coal car...although theirs has the wrong bolster, the wrong trucks, and a couple other small details that are perfectly acceptable. This second car is a UP built type 2 27' coal car...which was the design that served as the backbone of the coal car fleet into C&S days. They came in two different styles...with a 8" or 10" side sills...mine is a 10". Cimarron Works offers this car in Sn3 (and maybe, previously, in On3).
Lastly, here's the frame for my 26' stock car project. Cimarron Works also offers it in Sn3 and previously in On3...while Trout Creek Engineering is coming out with it in HOn3 and On3.