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New resin freight car kits
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Eric Hansmann
Resin Car Works has released their first kits of 2022. These are featured in the latest RCW blog post.
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With this new release of the MDT-built 30'6 offset-side hopper (I will definitely be getting two), it appears, according to Ben Hom's NYC hopper chart, that there are only two major gaps in NYC 2-bay hoppers left for the 1920s through the early 1950s. These are the 31'6 "postwar" offset-side NYC hopper (which numbered 16,150), and the 10' and 10'6 EXH Common Standard hoppers.
I am aware of the 31'6 offset-side hopper kitbash but am still holding out hope for a kit or model release with a body of correct height. -Phil Lee |
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Bruce Hendrick
Is that hopper chart available on line? I didn’t find it. Thanks
Bruce Hendrick |
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ed_mines
how does that 31'6" offset hopper differ from the Ulrich car? |
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lrkdbn
.I might add that it is really nice of RCW and NYCSHS to make the drawings and pictures available on the RCW website! Thank You!
Larry King. |
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Matthew Hurst
The new car will build into a better detailed model. Matthew Hurst On Mar 17, 2022, at 4:59 PM, ed_mines via groups.io <ed_mines@...> wrote:
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Earl Tuson
the MDT-built 30'6 offset-side hopperMDT built slightly less than half of the 2055 cuft offset side hopper cars built for the NYCL; RSC built 550, while PSC built 500. it is really nice of RCW and NYCSHS to make the drawings and pictures availableIndeed! This is one of the oddball cars we have had available in S for many years now: http://fc.redmansefarm.com/NYC2055offset.html Pardon the incomplete nature of my project... Earl Tuson |
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nyc3001 .
Bruce, it's in the Files section of the Hindsight2020 group.
Ed, I think the Ulrich car is 30' IL, which is a foot-and-a-half shorter than the Central car. It may also be a different height. The Central "postwar" offset-side twins were 31'6 IL and 11' EXH. Compare this with the 33' IL and 10'8 EXH AAR standard offset-side twin. Although the Central rostered the 2nd largest number of freight cars in the U.S. (most of which apparently traveled widely), there are many significant freight car designs that have never been produced in HO. Hopefully that will not be the case within the next few years; I think this new hopper release moves us a little closer to that goal. -Phil |
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Bruce Hendrick
Thanks, Phil!
Bruce Hendrick Brea, California |
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Frank Hodina
You can kitbash a NYC 31'-6" IL offset side hopper by taking 1'-6" out of the middle of an Athearn, Accurail or Atlas model. You get a correct length but the car isn't tall enough. Only 4" height differance between a standard hopper, but you do notice it.
I do plan on doing a kit of these shorter NYC postwar hoppers. The NYCSHS is pulling together drawings and other info for this model. BTW, why did the NYC build shorter versions? Frank Hodina Resin Car Works 
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Matt Smith
Frank,
Will you have any P&E decals available or have a source for them? Looking forward to to these! -- Matt Smith Bloomington, IL |
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nyc3001 .
Matt, they're already available on the RCW site as part of a decal set for Central steel hoppers.
Frank, I'm looking forward to that release as well as the Cudahy reefers as I'd be down for multiples of both. -Phil |
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Matt Smith
Phil,
I have a set of those, however they don't include the Peoria & Eastern lettering and I'm assuming the lot number or specific data for this series of hopper. -- Matt Smith Bloomington, IL |
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lrkdbn
YES!!!!!!!
Larry King |
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Chet
Frank
The three bay hopper with the outside stakes would make the NYC modelers happy too. Chet French Dixon, IL |
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Frank Hodina
Chet
Easy kit-bash of two Accurail USRA twins. Frank Hodina Resin Car Works 
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Great kitbash! The seam is almost invisible.
Thanks!
From: <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of Frank Hodina <fhodina@...>
Chet |
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Claus Schlund \(HGM\)
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Hi Frank and List Members,
Frank, it appears to my eyes that the two center panels on your hoppers
are wider than the rest of the panels - and this is correct for the
prototype. How exactly did you accomplish this?
Claus Schlund
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Frank Hodina
Yes, the two center panels are wider. I'll do a blog post on how to make and easy USRA 3-bay hopper.
Frank Hodina Resin Car Works 
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Frank, it looks great. I may have to find a need for one or two and that’s the trouble with hoppers, like popcorn you can’t do just a handful
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Fenton On Mar 24, 2022, at 10:15 AM, Frank Hodina <FHodina@...> wrote:
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