Ralph wrote:
I find with Lionel, MTH and yes, even Weaver Models, that most of their box cars are of the PS-1 shape and size, regardless of what railroad and type of box car, these companies claim that their box cars are to represent!
So true. I had a Weaver car painted and lettered for Seaboard Air Line that was suppose to represent their REA Express car. Turned out to be a PS-1 vice a car very similar to the PRR X29 car Rusty Traque posted above. The most notable difference to me is the riveted ends on the X29 vice the ribbed ends on the PS-2 model.
Here's a photo of the Weaver car before I repainted it:
It made for a nice PS-1 though once I repainted/relettered it with decals from Jerry Glow:
I wish manufacturers wouldn't take such liberties with their product. This Weaver car is very nice and has a number of separate detail items that I noticed when I took it apart for stripping. All they had to do was put a correct paint and decal job on it.
Last year I redid 5 PS-1 cars from Weaver, MTH, and Lionel, involving repainting/decaling and making new doors (just got in some brass hardware for the doors from PSC so I can finish them). Not all PS-1 cars had 8' Superior doors.
