Hello everyone,
An older project of mine, that aimed to repurpose a couple of Marklin/Trix boxcars that used to be in PRR colors. After following advice and doing some research, i figured they could resemble a lot a couple of NP cars, both in the old and the billboard schemes.
Starting up some light modifications using styrene on the sills. The upper car is in it's original form, while the lower one shows the mods.NPboxcars1.jpg
This is the early scheme, after painting and decal-work.NPboxcarearly2s.jpg
And this is after weathering (enamels, oils, salt weathering)
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Now onto the billboard scheme...in my next post...
...and the photos for the 2nd car in the billboard scheme. Same techniques, different decals (microscale in both cases).
Thanks for stopping by!
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Yannis,
Those NP boxcars are fantastic looking. Excellent job on the rebuild, decaling and weathering.
Very realistic.
Tom
Nice work. I see the newer one has an ACI label. They still looked pretty new when I started hanging around the tracks in the late 1960s.
Great boxcars. Nice weathering.
Jeff
Jeff, James and Tom many thanks! Speaking of looking like new, i did see a photo of the billboard scheme in green color that did look veeery new in 1969. It had some yellow labels, i wonder if it was a paper car or something.
Great job on the rebuild and the weathering is spot on.
Many thanks Rick!
In the 60s and 70s, MEC had more money than B&M, but most new equipment purchases by both RRs were aimed at keeping their paper mills happy.
Quote from: Yannis on February 18, 2026, 12:09:22 PM...and the photos for the 2nd car in the billboard scheme. Same techniques, different decals (microscale in both cases).
Thanks for stopping by!
YannisNPb2e.jpgNPb2f.jpgNPb2g.jpg
Nice work and weathering. Roofs are incredible.
Many thanks Deem!
Those cars came out looking great. Nice. Mark
Many thanks Mark! I ll post soon a few more repaints/re-decal projects for boxcars 8)