Custom Weathered Kitbashed Western Pacific 65' Mill Gondola w/ Telephone Poles

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Last car of 2016! Yippee! I'll be back with more in January 2017. Follow me so that you can see more.WP 9025 - 65' Drop End Mill Gondola with Telephone Pole LoadHere is a car that took to Madison, WI NMRA Convention in 1999. I was blessed to be awarded to third at the RPM show by a jury of my peers with one of the two that I had. I'm sorry that I don't remember which car it was. I based the car on photos in the Western Pacific HS Headlight years ago. I researched the ends, changed them and made numerous upgrades to the base kit (now produced by Athearn). The load is removable and you will absolutely need an idler flat when moving this load. It looked great in a train. It was fun to put two back to back. Weathering is something that we wanted subtle, so most cars that you see here are cars that blend into the train, to give the train a good look, not draw specific attention to the car itself... our goal is to see the forest for the trees.Truth or Dare? Truth. What does this mean? It means that this custom car is a reasonably close or dead match to a prototype. You can readily find photos of it on line or in books. You will rarely find a bogus car from me, if I have one, I'll claim it as a "Dare." There sure seem to be many caricatures of equipment out there (40' steam era boxcars with modern graffiti?! P-S TBOXs?! Really?!). Get real. .. Get Hat Creek.This Listing Features:· ECW 65' Drop End Mill Gondola with Phone Pole Load - WP 9025Etched Brake Step· Custom Weathering· Detailed for the 1960s· Air Hoses· Cut Bars· Correct NMRA weight (to within .5 ounces)· Kadee Knuckle Couplers to NMRA height· Free rolling trucks and wheels (gauged to NMRA specs)· Metal WheelsAll photos are taken in natural daylight. There is no electronic doctoring of photos. What you see is what the model is. Please ask questions far enough in advance so that I can answer them for you before the end of auction. I work very hard to satisfy my buyers. Cars are sold "As Is," descriptions are as accurate as possible, if you have questions, ask.Shipping (please read thoroughly):This item will weigh about a pound when packaged and shipped. All other items and multiple item shipping, unless it fits in a Flat Rate Box is based on the weight of an item. I use "Shipping Calculator" to determine shipping to your area. The items weight has been entered into Ebay's shipping calculator. This will be the shipping that is charged for the item. I try very hard to make shipping affordable. I always discount shipping for multiple item purchases . But, if you win multiple items, please wait to pay until I invoice you so that I can get a correct and reduced shipping total, Ebay automatically adds all shipping, a limitation of the Shipping Calculator.Overseas winners: please also wait to pay until I invoice you so that I can get you a shipping total.Payments:Unless you and I have an arrangement all payments are due no later than 10 days after close of auction , period. I try very hard to be accommodating. I am not a retailer, just a modeler who has some of the "wrong" stuff for my new layout. I accept various forms of payment; please ask with time to answer. All payments must be in U.S. funds.Thanks for looking, I have much to interchange over the next few months, so check back or mark me as a "Favorite Seller" so that you receive notification of my upcoming auctions. Have a great day. read more

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