This model was based on my photo of the prototype seen here:

http://www.pbase.com/mecrharris/image/55519107

This is an Intermountain RTR model originally decorated for Klemme Co-op. I removed the large lettering and replaced it with Highball Graphics farmers co-op lettering set. I sprayed some gray paint on white decal stock and used that for the patches. The reporting marks are from Microscale's stencil sheet. This is one of the hoppers I consider a signature car of the trains I photographed in Bottineau. Still hard to believe it took almost 22 years to build a model of it. This is actually my second attempt at this car. The first one was built from the Athearn PS4740, which is the wrong type for the prototype.