I recently received several of these cars and initially was disappointed with the lack of detail. Compared to the excellent open coal/mineral type waggon, these are very basic. Just to tart them up a bit, I installed imitation stayrods connecting the raised end beam with the midpoint on the solebar. This required disassembly to drill the inner face of the end beam. The car was then reassembled and the four stayrods fitted and secured with CCA glue. Simple but effective mod. Bachmann chose to represent these rods with black lines painted on the tank sides.
I was going to purchase more and do the stayrod mod and paint black and letter for 'TAR' and 'OIL' but now have lost enthusiasm. The new Bachmann 'oil' tanker is no better than the misrepresented Milk and Petrol waggons. Obviously, licencing restrictions prevented them being true to the series.
I was going to purchase more and do the stayrod mod and paint black and letter for 'TAR' and 'OIL' but now have lost enthusiasm. The new Bachmann 'oil' tanker is no better than the misrepresented Milk and Petrol waggons. Obviously, licencing restrictions prevented them being true to the series.