Mann's Creek Hopper

Hello all,

I bought the new Red Ball, Mann's Creek kits recently, and this is the second one that I finished now.

It's a 15 ton side dump hopper. The kit was indended to be narrow gauge, but I made it standard gauge. Needless to say, the car sits a little higher than it should.

The cars were in fact being built up to 1942, but what type of trucks should be in them? These are just a Tichy Arch bar trucks.

Has anyone got the link and pin couplers down pat yet?

Drew
 

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jwmurrayjr

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Drew,

Very nice work!

I'd like a few of those but it looks like work.

I had not thought of building narrow gauge kits as standard.:rolleyes: :)
 
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