Athearn's Large ACF Covered Hopper
Athearn/Bev-Bel's
ACF Large Covered Hopper...
Athearn makes a pretty good ACF large covered hopper.
It is not nearly as good as the Accurail one, but for the money, it is
a good purchase. The Accurail kit is dead on for a Chessie covered
hopper. The Athearn one is close, but not exact. Mine are both
Bev-Bel decorated kits from an Athearn kit.
Below is a real pic of the ACF large covered hopper.
It is a Dean Heacock pic.
Dean Heacock photo
Below are my Athearn/Bev-Bel covered hoppers. I
bought these kits very early in my Chessie modeling. I just assembled
them and weathered them. You will need to paint the bottom of yours
black to be accurate. Also, if you get one of these with the blue
sill, the stripe should be extended to the end. As they come in the
box the blue stipe does not extend under the ladders, and it should.
Also, if you get one with a yellow sill, like the car below left, it is
accurate. Some large ACF covered hoppers were repainted all yellow
like this. Also, I may or may not have added the consolidated stencil
decals.
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