Scott,
I'm sitting at my computer waiting for responses to changes in a document we are trying to get approved. I saw your post come up and I have to say I'm bored too. Need to get some training courses out of the way.
Anyway, I was looking over my freight car fleet and came across these two Weaver PRR H30 hoppers. When I first saw them many years ago I was surprised they were gray and not in MoW service. I checked their latest build/rebuild dates (6-37) and they would fit into my late '40s era, so I bought them.
Well, I later found out these hoppers were not painted gray until the '50s. Bummer. In reality, from their build date through the 40s, H30 hoppers looked like this Weaver model:
Part of the enjoyment of this hobby for me is to research and find items that were appropriate for the late '40s, specifically no models of prototype items built/repainted after 1949. Therefore, those gray H30s will not do. Question is what do I do with them? Sell? Maybe re-stencil for MoW (Pennsy's MoW cars were gray until the mid-50s). Wish I had done my research before I bought the cars, not after.
