build instructions/plans

I liked Jan - a truly knowledgable guy.  I bought a tank car kit from him.  Made my own instructions:

1. Salvage PSC parts for a future project. (Domes)

2. Cut tank wrapper for boiler bands.

3. Recycle other brass scraps.

I also knew Jan. A very intelligent person.  That said sometimes the instructions for his kits were like a block of wood and the instructions were cut away everything that does not look like the project at hand.

He was a pioneer of O scale in the seventies.  

Having build a number of Jan's kits over the years, the instructions tended to be a bit on the minimalist side basically expecting you to (1) already know what you were doing and (2) that you probably did not need any instructions either.

I suspect for this car that they read as follows:

1 Assemble sides, ends, underbody, and top.

2 Solder all together

3 Paint and decal

4 Add trucks and couplers

5 Run car

I found a newsletter in my files and he listed three or four three bay covered hoppers.  They were listed as Pullman Standard designed.  I don't recall a PS design with 13 equally spaced ribs per side.  Any thoughts...