Old Walther's covered hopper kits

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I use the Walthers early 4427 CF kits as a standin for the Bethlehem 4526 CF covered hoppers as it is unlikely we will ever see that kit in mass produced plastic. I use the Exactrail cars for prototype 4427 earlies and the Protos and Tangents for the late model.

Rick Jesionowski

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I have bought a lot of the Proto2000 PS2 4427cuft kits cheap on ebay. The project I am now doing includes the following:

  • Stripping the original paint
  • closing the support holes for the roofwalk on the end of the cars and on the roof itself
  • assembling the kits
  • applying the Plano Models brake piping and roof walk supports (34x 0.4mm holes per car)
  • eschange the roof hatches with 3D printed smooth ones
  • repainting in BCOL dark green

I have now finished the first batch of two cars, the next will be decalling, I alreday got the appropriate Microscale Decalsheet MC-5018, but I will have to do some additional custom decals for these cars and am trying to find appropriate photos to make the Adobe Illustrator files.

As these cars are pretty fragile, I am now experimenting with how to store them safely in the original boxes.