Large Scale Central

PIKO two-bay hoppers

General Discussion
#1

Re Piko offset and rib-side, two bay hoppers.

Are these hoppers a revival of the old MDC hoppers?

They look, from the web site illustrations, suspiciously like reused MDC molds (perhaps with minor differences).

I am trying to duplicate, with custom painting and lettering, the MDC, two bay style hoppers that were offered with Soo Line markings

I need three such hoppers now, so if you have 1, 2, or 3 such hoppers in good condition that you are willing to part with, life becomes somewhat simpler.

Reply directly [email protected] if you have any for sale.

Bob

#2

Yep. They are the old MDC hoppers.

-Kevin.

#3

PIKO got the MDC molds, not sure they have changed anything, I don’t have any to compare though. They have since come out with a flatcar that is the same length as re reefers.

#4

I don’t think they changed anything. The MDC/Roundhouse boxcars and the Piko boxcars are identical. The Piko hoppers look to be the same as the MDC/Roundhouse hoppers. Its a shame though that all the details (ladders and grab irons) are molded onto the cars.

#5

Yeah David, but they look fine from my deck! (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)I like the 1/32nd size also. I do get crazy on detail sometimes though, usually to my passenger cars. Go figure!

#6

I like the smaller size, and I am redoing the details on a set of MDC/Roundhouse hoppers for my railroad right now. The molded on details just bothered me too much.