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model railroads of michigan
chessie hoppers
This was a quick and easy project. Starting with two Atlas ACF hoppers, I stripped off the original markings, primed the bodies and gave each unit a base coat of gloss yellow. I then masked off the bottom sill and painted the sill and underbody with a deep gloss blue. I bought a Micro-Scale decal set at a local train show, then applied the decals in accordance with the drawings provided with the decal sheet. Voila - two new Chessie hoppers for the fleet!
![Fresh paint on stripped Atlas hoppers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf3b87_31141c7eb3fb49e8a54f115e1167e25d~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg/v1/crop/x_640,y_586,w_1146,h_719/fill/w_415,h_263,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/bf3b87_31141c7eb3fb49e8a54f115e1167e25d~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg)
![One Chessie hopper complete, one pending](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf3b87_79397015839e4ac98baded608636cac7~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg/v1/crop/x_355,y_367,w_1567,h_938/fill/w_415,h_248,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/bf3b87_79397015839e4ac98baded608636cac7~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg)
![Decal instructions for Chessie hoppers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf3b87_c0c4e5c6167d42fabc2cafeb35e39930~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg/v1/crop/x_292,y_297,w_1979,h_1245/fill/w_422,h_263,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/bf3b87_c0c4e5c6167d42fabc2cafeb35e39930~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg)
![Finished model of Chessie hopper](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bf3b87_319fa004d2db4975ad5005c3a3f5ef12~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg/v1/crop/x_593,y_583,w_1139,h_669/fill/w_422,h_248,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/bf3b87_319fa004d2db4975ad5005c3a3f5ef12~mv2_d_2304_1728_s_2.jpg)
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