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These cars have always intrigued me. I decided to bash one into a more prototype looking car. I hope you approve, it was and is a real intense project. Sorry for the duplicate photos, I still don't have the uploading down pat. Regards, Bobby

These cars have always intrigued me. I decided to bash one into a more prototype looking car. I hope you approve, it was and is a real intense project. Regards, Bobby

Ronaldo, thank you for your compliment. Regards, Bobby

Zathros, you're very kind. Regards, Bobby

Gandolf, thank you very much for the compliment. Zathros, many thanks. BTW, I did a B&W for my Flicker site, thanks for the idea.

Thank you Zathros. I enjoyed your shooping, b&w does add a lot. Regards, Bobby

Thank you Gandolf. The park down the street makes a good back drop. Painting is my least favorite part of my builds. Thank you for asking though. Regards, Bobby

I built this car 10 years ago and decided to give it a going over. I added Archer weld lines, the large Dupont football logo, aci tags, early cots and several decal changes. There were 70 cars built in this series to haul 43,800 gals of Ethylene Glycol. The cars weight 526,000 lbs when loaded...

That was easy.

Thank you zathros. I don't have a clue how to post photos or I would. Where do I go to find out? Regards, Bobby

The car is finally finished! Use the link in post one as I can't get it to take in this post. Thanks, Bobby

Thank you sir, you're most kind. Regards, Bobby

https://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/?details=1 I posted lots of photos of this build from start until today. The car is a toy at best but begs to be bashed. Plano just came out with their upgrade kit. I used the roof walk and corner grabs. It contains many other parts that I'd already...

Thank you so much, you're very kind. Regards, Bobby

Thanks Zathros, I really appreciate it. Regards, Bobby

Thank you very much. Regards, Bobby

https://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/?details=1 The car is done. There are 52 solder joints on the upper rails and 228 hand applied rivets. I hope you like it. Regards, Bobby

Scroll down on my photo stream to see the car unpainted. I started out with a Athearn 62' blue box tank car. All the other parts were scratched. There's an article in the Oct. 1963 Model RRer Magazine that I used in the build. Regards, Bobby

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/?details=1 This modern looking car was built 12-60, so it's long gone. It hauled liquid Argon at -350 degs. Thanks for looking. Regards, Bobby

Thanks Bob and Andy, I'm glad you like it. Regards, Bobby