This week, I have some freight cars to share with you...
First, here's an MTH 2 bay covered cylindrical hopper that I weathered based on a photo I found on line. I streaked it with rust, then patched it out for CSX. The model was weathered about 12 years ago I was prompted to post a picture of it since earlier this week an brand new MTH CSX hopper showed up that I ordered with plans to weather it less heavily than the first one, and run them together. In fact, I liked the combo so much, I ordered the other number so I will have a trio!
And in no way to brag, but I'm sure you have all had the experience of an HO or N scale modeler turning up their noses at your "toy" trains. So I was really thrilled when I entered the car in an NMRA contest with over 50 HO and N "scale" freight cars, and walked away with the People's Choice Award for the best freight car!
And finally, last week SIRT entered a model of a Lackawanna 2 bay hopper that he had weathered. It did not strike me until late last Sunday that I had weathered the same car in similar fashion, and I wanted to share that with you as well along with an Atlas Trainman EL 3 bay hopper that I weathered in similar fashion...
Until next week, enjoy!
