There ought to be a name for this....

[deemery]

A lot of people use the term "foobee" for a car with no actual prototype.

In my case, I produced a foobee because I really liked the Westerfield inside stake drop floor gondolas, and I also liked Art Griffin's Pittsburgh and Moon Run decal set (those belong to an all steel car.)



Today I saw the Pittsburgh & Moon Run lettering on an inside stake wood gon!!!



Turns out all I needed to do was put the numbers on the other end and rearrange them a bit.

So what should we call a "foobee" that turns out to actually be prototypical?

dave

[Dutchman]

TAPFE? There's a Prototype for Everything?

[k9wrangler]

Awful lot of Photoshop work to justify a foobie....

What are they building in the foreground?

[BurleyJim]

Realism Dave, realism.

Jim

[deemery]

Karl, I suspect they're cleaning up the cast-in holes for rivets to connect sections of iron pipe. The photo was from a iron pipe works in SW Pennsylvania. (P&MR went into the Montour RR.)

dave

[robchant]

"Flukee"
..........

[CNE1899]

Dave,

How about a "Willbee".

Scott

[k9wrangler]

Trusting soul, or low seniority, holding the chisel with two guys hammerin’ at least he’s getting to sit.