HU/HUa Hoppers

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I have scanned the photos of the HU hopper and scaled them to HO scale.  I
was gonna do some crude ones with borrowed parts, which I was going to make
molds of so I could cast a car at a time.  The master for one side was
finished, but the ends, slopes and little stuff still needs to be completed.
Since I DO model the mid 1930s, I wanted something to go with the HP hoppers
I already had.  I did copy the main HP parts so I could make a bunch more of
those too, and that's what led to the HU. I have the single HR too.  I also
reworked a Bowser USRA 482 into a K2 look alike, and had been doing my
homework for a series of Z1's based on Bowser H9 mechanics and a bunch of
stuff from other models, and a boiler from PVC tubing with most larger
details cast in place.  Bowser discontinued the spoked wheels, I found it
hard to get the 'close' trailer truck, and tenders were hard to find too.  I
already had a prototype M2c I was tinkering with.



 
Mark Lindsey

 



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> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:56:37 +0000

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> Subject: HU/HUa Hoppers

> 

> To followup Mark Lindsey's cry for help, at least with respect to these

> hoppers, on the assumption that no plastic manufacturer would do a car of so

> limited distribution (only N&W), several of us for a number of years pestered

> Al Westerfield about doing this car in a resin kit. He has done some older N&W

> hoppers, so it seemed a "fit" for his line.

> 

> He led us to believe some years ago that it was on his "list", but not near

> the top. We finally gave up! I think if he knew there was a strong market for

> the car, he might do it. We certainly have enough material, drawings and

> photos, to do the cars correctly. In fact, they have been done in O scale

> brass using a notebook full of material a member provided the builder.

> 

> Bill McClure

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