Along with working on the Hot Coil Car, I also managed to build, paint and decal a few other cars. These were completed this week. Eastern Car Works ACF Covered Hopper kit, retrofitted with a Plano Roofwalk, A-Line Sill Steps and added airlines. Painted Scalecoat II MofW Gray and lettered with Highball Graphics Decals. IMRC 12 Panel - 10' IH 40' Boxcar Kit, one of five I have done. Very few cars were painted in the Glacier Green Scheme with the modern Graphics before going to the Big Sky Blue paint. Painted with Floquil Paint and lettered with Champ Decals. Robbins Rails (Lifelike) 50' Boxcar PC X72 Class, removed cast on Ladders and replaced with ladders out of the scrapbox, new A-Line Sill Steps, kit came with a detailed Details West underframe. Painted with Floquil PC Green & Platinum Mist Paint then lettered with Microscale Decals. Thanks for looking! Rick J
MY DIY version of the UP Tool car UPP 9336. Fairly happy with it except for the old Microscale decal stripes, they did not lay down well at all using Solvaset. O well, what is it, a 5 foot rule. I think I matched the TruColor well to the KATO paint...... This was one of those "roundtoit" projects and I did have fun, that's what this hobby is all about. Right? After looking at these images, I think I will take a new razor blade and slice the stripes at the ladder s and make them look like they go behind the hand holds and maybe they will lie down better. Carl
I think you did good matching the colors. As for the decals, sometimes just a couple of pin holes in the areas that didn't lay flat and then applying the setting solution helps.
The James E. Talmage Thought I would share this TYCO 10 wheeler...I repainted it, lettered for the Utah & Pleasant Valley Railway, and named the James E. Talmage. I still need to figure out how to decorate the tender...but there aren't a lot of Gold Filigree decals out there in HO.
