Well once I figgered out how to make the trucks, natcherly I had to build some ‘steel’ cars to go with 'em. I’m working on two different types. On is sort of an Ingoldsby design, a steel version of the WCNG wooden hopper:
The other is a hopper bottom style car, inspired by EBT designs:
Both cars are made of styrene and plexiglass predominately, and resin cast bolsters. Both took maybe a half an hour to get to this point in construction. But I see lots of rivets in my future…