River Raisin Models Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) Steel, Covered, 3-bay Hoppers

Model Manufacturer Info

Manufacturer:

River Raisin Models

Manufacturer ID:

OMI-1613

Factory:

Ajin Precision, Korea

Prototype Info

Style:

steel, covered, 3-bay

Year/Era:

1935

Volume:

1954cuft

Road Name:

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Class:

H30

Model Info

Gauge:

Introduced:

1989

Qty Made:

Product Type:

brass

Finish:

unpainted

Wheels:

scale

Couplers:

scale

Decals:

not included

Supplemental:

Jim Kindraka's Article About the N&W Cars

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Apr 1989 (Jim Kindraka's prototype article)

Magazine Article:

NASG Dispatch, Oct 1989 (Jim Kindraka's prototype article)

Online Article:

Info About Removing Paint

Supplemental Part:

Archer Transfer 3D resin rivets

Supplemental Part:

Archer Transfer 3D resin rivets #2

Notes:

River Raisin Models imported these via Overland Models, Inc. While most were sold as unpainted, River Raisin Models did have a few professionally painted and decorated for the PRR, Conrail, and N&W. The back-story of this project was that it was started by The Patch Corporation, but during the project the company declared bankruptcy. River Raisin Models took the project over and brought it to completion.

Bill Winans' model is shown as it arrived from the factory.

Bill Lane painted, lettered, and weathered his model. Note that these cars were used in cement service, so they got very dirty, hence the heavy weathering.

Jim Kindraka modeled the N&W version. The N&W hopper class HC-1 was a copy of the PRR's H30 class.