i am planning to convert several athearn 50 foot flatcars into log flatcars using some of details west’s high type log bunks. when gluing the DW bunks to the athearn flatcars, do you need to remove the decking, or is it ok to leave the wood deck as is?
It depends on the exact type of car you are modeling. I would do an internet search and find some photos that you can use as a reference. If I remember correctly, some had all of the deck removed, and some just removed the deck between the two outer log holders (DW bunks?).