Last night I finished painting and weathering my two side-dump, wooden ore cars. I must say, I’m really pleased with the result – especially since my wife liked them so much, she actually wants me to get more! So now I know what my Christmas present will be.
I’ll post some pics of the finished cars once I get them developed. In the meantime, my success with the ore cars has gotten me fired up to strip down my Buddy L 2-6-2 for painting and detailing. I’m also planning to replace the diamond stack with a “shotgun” stack; and I’m going to replace the headlight with an LED powered by a small battery pack which will be installed in the smokebox. The smokebox door actually works so this will be pretty convenient.