Finally finished my Shell Plastics hopper.

[fishbelly]

This car started from an Athearn undecorated kit. I cleaned up all the mold parting lines. The stringers at the ends of the car were replaced with 0.015" brass wire. Replaced the brake wheel with a Kadee Universal Brake Wheel. Couplers are Kadee whisker scale head. Trucks are Exactrail 100 ton. Train line plumbing brackets are my own 3D printed parts. I duplicated the bracket that Athearn had on the car and used 0.025" bronze wire. Decals are my own design printed by Precision Design Company.  The yellow part of the shell logo is not printed yellow. It is left blank to the paint would show through. I used the Athearn model as a reference for the decals. I used True Color Paint Santa Fe yellow. It matched what Athearn had on their car perfectly.

[nsfantodd]

I'm really enjoying these cars you are recreating up to modern standards!

These are cars of my youth also, great job Brian!