Model Railroading > Final samples of 3800 cu. ft. hopper

Hi all,

We received our final samples of the 3800 cu. ft. hopper, new tooling. These are ready to start production next week. As mentioned in the newsletter, the order deadline is August 12th. Mike snapped these shots today soon after they showed up.

More info here: 3800 Web Site

I'm no freight car expert but I'm impressed! :-D 

-Jason
 

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Beautiful.Got mine ordered.
Regards,DK

They look very nice...   
Now if I could only sell most of the defective first run cars to buy the "new and improved" second run cars...

What about the stand alone double stack cars?

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needles_sub Wrote:
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Those are on a boat and will be here in less than two weeks.

-Jason
 

Is there going to be a future run of the round-hatch cars in the CP Rail Multimark scheme?

Dude, you guys need to do some more hoppers! American stuff :)

I can't agree more, but Jason has a duty to all his fellow hosers who have been long suffering with US stuff masquerading as Canadian for uncounted years.
That said, us folks south of the border would always love some of that Rapido goodness where ever possible!

We'd love to do American covered hoppers but that market is very crowded. It seems there is another covered hopper announcement every couple of months. 

-Jason

We see lots of Canadian hoppers in the Pacific Northwest. They come down the UP Washy line (ex-Spokane International) into Hinkle OR and move west to Portland.  Grain and potash. I do hope A****** buys one and studies the side panel assembly method.

The air hose looks a little weak.

Uncle Joe
Seffner,Fl.

They do look thin.

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For Real? Nice!

I'll have to look into those. The Cylindrical hoppers look nice!

SantaFeRuss
 

Those air hoses are nothing that a real rubber hose from Hi-Tech Details can't fix.
And being rubber and flexible they're damage resistant too!

Very nice job. How about semi-scale wheels?

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> Very nice job. How about semi-scale wheels?

Regular wheels are fine...  I don't want to pay extra for something not all modelers want...
After all, trains are meant to be viewed from the sides, not end view (that's normally trespassing).

Love the round hatch covers. Do you know who manufacturers them in 1:1? I recently seen the for the first time on a derailed ACF hopper, but do not recall ever seeing them available for 1:87. Props for new tooling! It's be nice to have them available as a seperate part. 

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> extra for something not all modelers want...
> After all, trains are meant to be viewed from the
> sides, not end view (that's normally trespassing).

There are always opportunities to improve a model with rubber air hoses, semi-scale wheelsets, scale couplers, etc. One of the things I enjoy most is seeing how people "use and abuse" our models with extra details, incredible weathering, or sometimes kitbashing them into something we didn't expect at all.

-Jason
 

Yes, if somebody wants to create a diarama piece that never has to operate on a less-than-perfect model railroad, then I can see using semi-scale wheels...   However those of us who have to opertae on less than perfect layouts (like club layouts or modular layouts) don't want to pay extra for a car that will not be as good operationally (or have to pay extra plus then convert to better operational wheels).  That's my point...

Better details are okay, but when they cross the line into compromising operations (like semi-scale wheels do) then that's something many modelers don't want to see.