What are you using for lettering? Looks great 
Woodland Scenics dry transfers. Lay them out holding them together with scotch tape and apply at one time.
Thanks. I just checked out their website. I had no idea there was such a selection of dry transfers available :o
To wrap this project up, grab irons were added in all the locations that they exist on the Accucraft 1:20.3 example. And, yes, we did weather and black wash.
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/rgolding/081212%20015.jpg)
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/rgolding/081212%20019.jpg)
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/rgolding/081212%20017.jpg)
The tank flat car frame work is shown coupled with the first project.
That turned out very nice. I also like the tank car conversion.
Ric:
Great vision and execution on all your conversions to 1:20 scale! I have some that I would like to do, and you have provided lots of information and inspiration to help me get started.
I want to add some width to an LGB depressed center flat car that is dwarfed by the 1:20 stock around it. I have determined where I can cut it and I have a band saw. My questions: What blade (width, number and type of teeth) did you use to make the cuts in the plastic? Is your bandsaw variable speed? If so, approximately what speed did you use?
Thanks & Happy RRing,
Jerry
Jerry,
My bandsaw is not variable speed. I just used a standard wood cutting blade 4 teeth to an inch on a 1/2 inch wide blade. For ripping, I find this wider blade runs parallel to the fence better. I just donāt force the work and try to let the blade pull the work in to it.
Bob McCown was writing up something on cutting those 50 ft fish belly flats. That was part of my inspiration and one of those flat cars is also on my list. I just wanted to see how bad I would screw it up and how happy Iād be with the finished project.
Iāve already started on a Bachmann tank car and Iāve got lots of flat cars for fodder, also.
The HLW flat car project is complete. I now have another 1:20.3 piece of rolling stock and balance a little more toward 1:20.3 over the 1:22.5 and starting to change my exact scale of 1:21.4 (half way between the two of them)
I just published this project in the Article section of this site, so it will be there when I do another and canāt remember how I did it.
http://www.largescalecentral.com/articles/view.php?id=110
Thank you all for the input and encouragement.
Ric:
Thanks for the quick reply. Just the information I was looking for, and your tools match what I have available. I only have one of the depressed center cars, so didnāt want to ruin it on the first cut!
I had seen some widened (LGB?) flatcars on the RR of one of our Redwood Empire Garden Railway Societyās members several years ago, but didnāt pay enough attention. Your conversions are really a great use of otherwise odd rolling stock. The converted cars fit right into early day NG railroading, and the price canāt be beat!
Happy RRing,
Jerry
Looks real nice, Ric.
I never thought of coffee āsticksā as scale lumber.
Looks like they work well.
Ralph
Ric looks great. The real wood tops really make it come to life Coffee sticks are a great idea. I also use the fun stick from wal-mart. They are pretty much the same as the coffee sticks you get a large bag for a dollar and change.
Ralph Berg said:
Looks real nice, Ric. I never thought of coffee āsticksā as scale lumber. Looks like they work well. Ralph
I use them for flat cars and station platforms. Throw in a couple warped pieces and stain it and looks very convincing.
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Nice work, Ric.
Ric
Iām working on one of these nowā¦
Here are my measurements so far
4 7/8" wide (side beam to side beam-no pockets-yet)-end beam about 1/32 longer on each end to mate with AMS Stock car appearance
13 3/4" long (end beam to end beam)
cale
Cale,
Your dimensions are little different than mine. Certainly not a problem in my book.
KVRwy width 4 9/16 before pockets
5 1/16 outside pocket to pocket
KVRwy length 12 15/16 beam to beam.
I didnāt add aything to the end beams, in fact the plastic shows, but I canāt see it after painting.
Your results may vary. 
Yeah, talk about free-lance what if buildā¦he-he! here are a few shots:
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cale_nelson/Flat/2009_0114flat00011.jpg)
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cale_nelson/Flat/2009_0114flat00022.jpg)
w/o pockets itās exactly 3/4" wider than the rear of my Climax locoā¦
Cal: looks good so far. Only 10 more to go
Shawn said:*Groan*
Only 10 more to go
Iām thinking over a jig of some sort to get that angle near the ends correct w/o having to work so hard to achieve-(quickly)ā¦
For some reason, this car seems too wide for me?