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You want the fall 2009 issue. It has coverage of all the steel gondolas built from the first ones in 1912 until the 1962 renumbering.
As I recall this issue has good coverage of the panel side cars, but I’m not sure if there photos of the inside of these cars. I know there’s an inside shot of one of the 52’6″ gons showing the welded steel plates, which are correct in the Sunshine model.
As for the panel side cars, I’ve built some Sunshine and some F&C. I’m not entirely sure which is which, but one type of model has thicker top chord than the other, but a detailed riveted floor with raised plate over the center sill and bolsters. The other one has a more prototypical thinner top chord and no, I mean zero, interior detail.
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