Building Woodchip cars out of old 3-bay Coal hoppers

[DavidH66]

hey I was reading the Model Railroad planning 2011 and saw a picture that had some converted coal hoppers that were turned into woodchip hoppers. I was wondering if there was any tutorials on making them?

[dexterdog]

To the best of my recollection, I've not seen one.

[G Paine]

Here are a couple of photos of a B&M wood chip hopper converted frm a 3-bay coal hopper. It should not be much of a project to duplicate this one, just some sheet styrene and some additional wire grab irons - either Details Associates or Details West has them.

http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2010052823055510323.jpg:bysearch:wood+chip+hopper:SEARCHTYPE=SIMPLE&PAGE=1&BOOL=ALL&SEARCHSTRING=wood+chip+hopper

http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?2001041610265714918.jpg:bysearch:wood+chip+hopper:SEARCHTYPE=SIMPLE&PAGE=3&BOOL=ALL&SEARCHSTRING=wood+chip+hopper