Here is my new center fill hopper car. I purchased a Reynolds Aluminum hopper car body without the 12 door Top at a train show.
Center fill is more modern than the 12 individual doors and quicker to fill.
The first picture shows construction with grating being made from leftover fiber window screen material which makes an easy source of grating for model trains. Roof is made from hard 1/16 in balsa wood.
The Second picture shows the finished painted roof.
Choo Choo
