Heavyweights

[71jeep]

OH Yeh!!!

Are they going to be available right away or not for awhile after you test the first one??

Bob are you still doing the N6B??



Allen....

[wazzou]

I see that these PRR H-30's were built in 1935, how long could one find them in revenue service? 
Were they common throughout the system?
Were they regulars in in interchange service? 
What commodities did they generally carry?

What scheme did they carry near the end of there revenue days?

[Erik W]

Yup, ima done um. Just got to get a weekend off to etch them.

H30a and H25 too! I hired Steve Funaro to make the decals since he has the artwork already. Only question is if I can afford to include all decals for all versions, or I will have to cut them up and sell them as individual versions. MSRP should be around $30.

Bob,

You could always sell the decals separately if your cost is too high to include them with the car, that way customers at least could order everything from you.

Erik

[3rdrail]

I see that these PRR H-30's were built in 1935, how long could one find them in revenue service? 
Were they common throughout the system?
Were they regulars in in interchange service? 
What commodities did they generally carry?

What scheme did they carry near the end of their revenue days?

The cars were built from 1935 to 1958 or for 33 years. Yes, they were extremely common prior to the introduction of large covered hoppers. They were regularly used in interchange service and could be found anywhere, although mostly in the Northeast. They were originally intended to haul cement but hauled other commodities, even grain. The final scheme was the Conrail "cracked wheel" scheme. There was still one in revenue service in 1981.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I remember seeing these around in a bunch of CRHS photos as company service car too.

[Chris333]

The H30's

The F&C site shows the red car good for 1935-1970
http://www.fandckits.com/Images/6840Large.jpg
The grey paint job is 1951-1970:
http://www.fandckits.com/Images/6841Large.jpg
http://www.fandckits.com/Images/30040Large.jpg
Or 1954-1980:
http://www.fandckits.com/Images/6842Large.jpg
1962-1980:
http://www.fandckits.com/Images/6843Large.jpg
1968-1980:
http://www.fandckits.com/Images/6844Large.jpg
http://www.fandckits.com/Images/6845Large.jpg
1976-1980:
http://www.fandckits.com/Images/30050Large.jpg

Guess I need a red and a grey 

[Puddington]

Man did this thread get PRR hi jacked or what ?  ;D

[Iain]

Not exactly heavyweight, but could use the same core kit:

http://rr-fallenflags.org/acfx/ns-s265asw.jpg

There is also this:
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=556640
http://rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=560720

[ryourstone]

Nice, looking forward to getting this one! I have 4 of the old JnJ H30 resin shells but could never get them cleaned up to anything near acceptable.

[Sokramiketes]

Man did this thread get PRR hi jacked or what ?  ;D

YOU'VE BEEN:

[Puddington]

Man did this thread get PRR hi jacked or what ?  ;D

YOU'VE BEEN:

........and I didn't even get kissed first................ :-[ ;D

[inkaneer]

I see a lot of the old Atlas, Lima and Model Power heavyweights at flea markets.  The going price is $2.00.  Don't see too many of the Rivarossi models though.  I thought they were the same as the Lima ones.

[Mark5]

I see a lot of the old Atlas, Lima and Model Power heavyweights at flea markets.  The going price is $2.00.  Don't see too many of the Rivarossi models though.  I thought they were the same as the Lima ones.

Atlas = Rivarossi = Concor HW (more cars were tooled post-Atlas though)

Model Power is LIMA tooling produced in China. AHM originally imported the LIMA stuff IIRC.

[Walkercolt]

All of them have significant errors(no steps, etc.) and have truck mounting problems for MT's, and the OEM trucks are worthless, I think. Just looking at these very old models, I can see dozens of ways they could be improved with new tooling. Maybe someday....

[TrainCat2]

I don't think that we should count a "resin" roof out just yet. Yes, IF you made the roof solid the high CG would be bad.

So, I started playing around with a different method of producing the roof using a new type of resin. Talked with Steve Funaro and we are going to give this idea a try. Nothing spectacular mind you, we are just going to test out a piece in a corner of one of his new molds.