Suitable Models - HO-Scale: Atlas produced an ACF 3586 cu ft covered hopper.
N-Scale: The old Delaware Valley cylindrical hopper is a decent match (slightly larger capacity) and still available from Bowser, albeit nicely decorated - no undecorated as near as we can tell.
Note: The outlet hopper and gates as well as the loading hatches would need to be reworked to get a truly accurate model. 

Reference - Freight Cars Journal #15 by Eric Neubauer is the reference for carbon black cars like these. “Sid Richardson has a relatively small fleet.” These cars were enlarged to 3586 cu ft at the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway railroad car rebuilding facility in July 1966.

Social Media - The Rail Car History group on groups.io is a good place to start.
https://groups.io/g/railcarhistory/topics

Properly stored, these decals should remain usable for many years.

Acknowledgments - Special thanks go to Susan and the late Wade Griffis, of Jenison , MI, Society of Freight Car Historians, and Ron Roberts of Rail Graphics, without whom this project would never have happened.  Special thanks to Steve Holzheimer, of Lakewood, OH, for inspiring the N-scale set.

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