Model Railroading > Tangent PS 4740 vs. IM and Athearn

More pictures from my son David of the Tangent hopper next to an Intermountain 4750 hopper. Not trying to influence anyone, just offering a visual side by side comparison for your personal judging.
C.C.Chas

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Now for the comparison with Athearn's PS 4740.
C.C.Chas

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Three more with the Athearn car.

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Wow !!!!

Nice looking car, though the IM is a 4750, forget what the Athearn claims to be in terms of cu. ft.

I always thought the Athearn model was based on this prototype (pic below).

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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and the end view.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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The Athearn car is based off of the PS 4740, which is the same prototype as the Tangent Models offering.

NSTopHat

funnelfan Wrote:
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> I always thought the Athearn model was based on
> this prototype (pic below).

Ted;

The BN(SF) car is same prototype, missing the jacking pads.

NSTopHat

Guys,

I was disappointed at first, because the Tangent model has solid running board supports, but it looks like in those photos that the BNSF prototype does also. Is this true of all PS 4740s? I thought that all PS covered hoppers had open running board supports like Plano's etched brass ones. Does this vary depending on the order or something?

Thanks,

Dave

drolsen Wrote:
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> Guys,
>
> I was disappointed at first, because the Tangent
> model has solid running board supports, but it
> looks like in those photos that the BNSF prototype
> does also. Is this true of all PS 4740s? I
> thought that all PS covered hoppers had open
> running board supports like Plano's etched brass
> ones. Does this vary depending on the order or
> something?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave

Guys, I got this message from Dave Lehlbach, owner of Tangent Scale Models who is not a TO member and asked me to post:

>The Pullman 4740 roofwalk supports have a small rectangular opening in the bottom of each support that is about 10% of the overall support piece - in other words, the roofwalk support is mostly NOT see through except for that 10%. Because adding individual roofwalk supports would have raised the price, it was one of the few compromises I made with the model in order to keep the price reasonable for its overall level of detailing.

The question was asked if the couplers are 58s or 158s?? For the record, they are 58s.<

Dave Hussey