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Athearn HO scale BethGon Coalporter has great detail
I just received several sets [GRDX] of these cars. I have to agree with all of Cody’s comments regarding details, fit and finish. Superb!
I did replace the plastic e-z mate couplers with Kadee no.158 scale whisker couplers.
One area of improvement I made was to the coal load. Straight out of the box, it is not very convincing.
I took an old paint brush, medium matte and slathered the top. I then sprinkled High Ball coal over it. Then I took a pipette and added more matte. Now my two unit trains of 40 cars each look like they are hauling the real thing.