Today I uploaded photos to Shutterfly of work I have been completing since mid December. I have been rather dormant for months and then the “get busy on trains bug” bit me. I have considered making up a train with some coal hoppers and tank cars. Several years ago I purchased nine 2 bay coal hoppers. So in December on a lark I started looking on ebay for tank cars. I like the K-line versions because they are relatively inexpensive, the trucks are tolerably close to the steam era and the tank cars are close to steam era as well. I bought a few here and there on ebay that were in good condition but as inexpensive as I could buy them. I bought 10 at an average cost including shipping for $23.00 each, but one of them was a heavy model that I chose not to use for my project. I disassembled nine of them and painted them flat black. I made up some signage on the computer with a black background and white lettering and glued them on the cars. They are not as good as decals, but it works for me. I have completed other projects that I will post later. Here are a few pics.
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