<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have the scale drawings from Mainline Modeler and have scaled them for HO. I am pretty good making molds and such, so the cost of a few hoppers for parts and as a starting point isn't that big of a deal for me. The decals for the 1934-1938 time frame might be a bigger problem. If I decide to cast a fleet of them I'll do an article for the Arrow. I want about 30 of them to mix in with Athern 2 bay hoppers and the HP's, of which I will only make about 10 more. I have another group of 2 bay hoppers that I like better, but I can't remember the manufacturer. I also did 4 semi-HU's starting with Athern 4 bay's but I wasn't really happy with them.<div><br></div><div>Mark Lindsey</div><div>Stuck in the 1930's</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 31, 2009, at 11:36 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class="Section1"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Mark: Not that hard to build. The sides are the basic difference from a H3 (Yes, you need another hopper) I did one semi-scratch, using slope sheets and hoppers from a Bachmann quad (Athearn would be a better starting point). This was before the ECW or Broadway H3/H2a were available. One of them might give you more to start with, but you would still need that extra hopper. Jim Nichols<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org">nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org</a> [<a href="mailto:nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:nw-modeling-list-bounces@nwhs.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>NW Modeling List<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:53 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>NW Modeling List<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: HO Layout Suggestions<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> The glaring omission is the HU and HUa hoppers which Lifelike dropped the ball on. <o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; 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