This year at Springfield I did not buy much and nothing that required construction. I have so many kits at home that probably will never get built in my lifetime. I always stop by David Barlow's table of custom painted or built rolling stock (Perkins Road Depot) which look really good. The prices are high but the work looks really nice. I decided to purchase two of his cars this year...I could build these myself but with so many kits already, I really never will, so acquiring the cars was a good option.
The first is a MEC pulpwood car which has a realistic looking load. There is a styrene backing added to the car before painting to help hold the load. The car is not really a show stopper...an older model with molded on grabs, but the load, paint, decaling and weathering is what makes it realistic. This model shows one you don't actually need all your cars to be top of the line kits.
The second car is a model of one of the three CV woodchip cars. I had seen his visions of these in the past using Tichy and Accurail cars. This one was done using a new Rapido model. There is no decals available for CV hoppers, David had the decals made for him by Highball Graphics. These woodchip cars were converted in 1969 and were in use till 1972 and 1976, so for only a short time. On my layout the lifespan will be a lot longer...George Dutka
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This car was used by the Cascade Paper Company in Berlin NH. That is a five foot extension added to the hopper. |