Hi Tom; I did a quick on-line search (they used to occasionally turn up entries from the old on-line database), and found the reference in one of my own old posts from this list!
The article is: Kitbashing a Pennsy GLa hopper Railroad Model Craftsman, August 1986 page 61 You might be able to work just from Bob's photos which he posted this morning. An H31 might be less work: http://prr.railfan.net/freight/freightphotos.html?photo=PRR_220301_H31_34view.jpg&fr=clH31 The same decals might work, with different data, or Hoquat Hobbies might have the correct CDS lettering. Pieter E. Roos --- On Thu, 11/8/12, Thomas Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Pieter, > > Thank you for the pointers on that. I know next to > nothing about PRR freight cars with the exception of the X29 > box car. I thought that a conversion might be some > low-hanging fruit. I might still do the car or seek > another prototype. I would like to do a car that will > be freight car red or brown because I have so many black > hoppers. > > By the way, I am making a trade with Earl Tuson for a yellow > unlettered SHS refrigerator car. The trade will save > my having to strip the very nice lettering on an EATMOR > CRANBERRIES NWX car, and thus now I can use one of the two > roofs I purchased from you. I will go for the GN WFRX > car. Do you have any ideas for decals? Possibly, > Tom Lennon has some old Enhornings that might work. I > purchased a number of decals from Tom but that was several > years ago. > > Tom ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
