HO Scale Wood Chip Loads for Walthers 932-4050 Series Wood Chip Hoppers

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Does anyone know of a manufacture that sells RTR wood chip loads for the Walthers 932-4050 Series of 61’ wood chip hopper cars? I know Walthers has their own brand, but they come unpainted plus they are out of stock and do not know when they will get any in.

Thanks!

Rod

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Personally, for realism, I’d just make some. Take a sheet of Evergreen styrene and cut it to size and fit into the hopper so that it is about 1/2 or so down from the top edge. Then fill it with real course-cut sawdust. Fix the sawdust in place with dilluted white glue or other scenic cement. The empty space under the load can be filled with extra weight to bring the car up to NMRA specs.

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shavings from a pencil sharpener work also

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Thanks, I will give it a try!

Rod