BTW the outside braced/interior sheathed cars were common hauling autos, less dings with smooth walls and no need to double sheath.
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OK so I repainted the walk. I used a grey paint and then washed it wit black india ink. The picture doesn’t show the in ink well. It is dingier than this shows. But I do like it better no matter what as it just gives things some contrast. But it made me decide to weather the whole thing. I wasn’t really happy with it and was going to do something so I took some sand paper to the whole thing and distressed it.
The only problem is the pins are shiny now. So will probably take a brown sharpie to them to give them a little rust. I also painted the metal parts with some rust. It has some age now. I poured two new truck side frames in pewter instead of the low melt. I am making a mold of the bolsters and all the brake wheel parts I made. Once they are done I can cast them am I might just have everything I need to get this car done.
It certainly improves your model Devon and you now know it is true to prototype. I realized a while ago the need for correct surfaces on walkways so repainted all those which have wooden ones. I have not painted the metal type as found on Aristo cars.
Devon…try just giving the ends of the pins a good soaking with vinegar. Whit distilled vinegar is the right stuff but whatever you have should do something. If the pins are steel, which I expect they are they would rist a bit. You can rinse with water when you are finished or just let it dry.
Eric Schade said:
Devon…try just giving the ends of the pins a good soaking with vinegar. Whit distilled vinegar is the right stuff but whatever you have should do something. If the pins are steel, which I expect they are they would rist a bit. You can rinse with water when you are finished or just let it dry.
Hey that’s a good idea. I’ll try that and see what happens.
here is a link to the trucks for these cars if you haven’t followed the other thread
http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/23766/casting-parts-in-lead
OK So the first box car is done. Over all I am happy with it. I had an issue with painting and decals so one spot which I don’t show the weathered wood doesn’t look right. but I am not fixing it. the other side which I do show I like. This has my cast trucks on it but with Bachmann plastic wheels for now until I buy my metal ones. The whole thing as it sits weighs 1# 11 oz.
Here is the brake details I made. made my own blanks and then made molds and cast them in resin. I used a Bachmann brake wheel and added a nut to the top and then the stem is brass rod. the rest is bits of styrene for the blanks.
Here is the final product.
Those Stan Cedarleaf decals sure look good. He does great work so happy I decided to go with him.
Well I will update as I get the rest done. I have one more plan box car, an “oil only” box car, a converted box car caboose, two regular flat cars, and finish the heavy weight flat car.
Oh and a note on the coupler pockets. I realize these are out of scale big. There is a reason, they are extra wide to allow as much swing of the link as I can. With longer links and these wide pockets I am hoping to make them go comfortably around tight corners. being a body mounted coupler I wanted as much fudge factor as I could get. So hopefully they look good enough. They are also screwed in with some decent size screws to make sure they stay put under load.
Nice looking car Devon. Well done.
Nice. I like all your scratch built details.
Devon brought his boxcar to our club meet today. Its even better in person. Wowza!
Thanks Everyone. After taking it to the club meet I was assured by those checking it out that the “bad side” isn’t bad so I will leave it. Thanks everyone for the complements. They heavy weight flat is about half done so it will be next. I have a surprise for it that I will not let out of the bag until its done.