Does Anyone Make These Hoppers?

[diburning]

Does anyone make these hoppers in HO Scale?

First is this one, ex-TRUMIX hoppers. 2-Bay Sand/Gravel service:

Then there are these, 3-Bay Sand/Gravel Service:

I know no one makes them for NHN (New Hampshire Northcoast), but the paint scheme looks easy enough, and decals are readily available.

What I've noticed is that there are no rivets visible from the sides of the ribs (welded car?) whereas in most HO scale models, rivets can be seen on the sides.

 

[sledgehammer]

If you don't mind the shameless plug, drop a line to Dave Barlow/Perkin's Road Depot at Perkdepot@AOL.com and in the subject line mention NHN hoppers. I've seen his work and he's had these NHN custom hopper cars available at numerous model train shows.

 

[cv_acr]

330 looks a lot like this model from Walthers:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/932-7415

The 420 is a 3-bay car from National Steel Car and there is no matching model for that car. Most of these cars still show traces of their original Ontario Northland markings.

http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=nhn408&o=nhn

Some more cars from the same original series went to the Algoma Central, here's a nice side shot and one showing all the original lettering.
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=ac8624&o=ac
http://canadianfreightcargallery.ca/cgi-bin/image.pl?i=ac8602&o=ac

 

[Trussrod]

You might look under Roundhouse and compare what they have. I know nothing of of the modern hoppers.

 

[funnelfan]

The first car looks similar to the Walthers Greenville 2-bay hopper.

 

[diburning]

Yes, but dimensionally, it looks off though. The prototype looks longer while the Walthers model looks taller.