NE&NY RR boxcar Scratchbuild

[Michael Hohn]

Before I paint, some weights, made from a couple of large nuts (I bought a box of them years ago.)  I enclose them in a styrene box and glue them down to the styrene floor.  No loose weights after final asseembly.



Dave, having no knowledge regarding underbody detail, I decided to leave off the brake gear, including air brakes (I have no information suggesting that these early cars had air brakes) and I followed a contemporary New Haven car for the spacing of the truss rods.  I rarely detail the underbodies very much, preferring to put my time into building a credible fleet of rolling stock.

Mike

[Rick]

Mike, it looks very good to me.
Nice job!

[Michael Hohn]

Mike, it looks very good to me.
Nice job!

Thanks, Rick!

[friscomike]

Howdy Mike,

I've been following the build and am excited to see it nearing completion.  Your modeling is excellent as usual.  

Have fun in the paint shop,
mike

[Michael Hohn]

Howdy Mike,

I've been following the build and am excited to see it nearing completion.  Your modeling is excellent as usual. 

Have fun in the paint shop,
mike

Mike,

Thank you! I'm putting off the painting until my garage warms up a bit.  That's where I do my spraying.

Mike

[Bernd]

Mike,

Glad to see you're getting into it with some projects on this forum.

Car is looking great. Love scratch-built box cars.

Bernd

[GPdemayo]

Great work Mike.....

[Larry C]

Micheal ran across your thread and that's a good looking boxcar.
Nice to see you posting here, btw.

[Michael Hohn]

Mike,

Glad to see you're getting into it with some projects on this forum.

Car is looking great. Love scratch-built box cars.

Bernd

Thanks, Bernd.  It's been a while since I last did a rolling stock scratchbuild; it's been fun.

Mike

[elwoodblues]

Mike,

Your boxcar looks great Mike.

[Michael Hohn]

Great work Mike.....

Thanks, Greg!

[Michael Hohn]

Mike,

Your boxcar looks great Mike.

Thank you, Ron!

[Michael Hohn]

Micheal ran across your thread and that's a good looking boxcar.
Nice to see you posting here, btw.

Thanks, Larry. Happy to be here. 

Mike

[ACL1504]

Mike,

The boxcar is looking great. I agree in that styrene is better for scratching building a boxcar. Yours is very well done.

Tom 

[deemery]

19th century (asbestos fireproof) roof paint:  https://www.pacificng.com/template.php?page=/ref/color/hwjohns/index.htm

dave