Buffalo Canyon Railroad Locos and Cars

[Rick]

What color did you paint it?

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Jerry, Philip Lrry and Rick, thanks for the comments.  

The car was painted with Modelflex Boxcar Red, a maroon tone. I didn't prime it first, and the paint went on well.

I thought I followed the plans perfectly, but I did not.  The grab irons are on the left on my model, but they should be on the right.  I broke the painted model apart, used Mount Blue coaching, and reassembled the sides.  It wasn't that hard to do.  I feel so dumb...  

The model is in the clamps with glue drying, but I hope to post photos of the model tomorrow.

Have fun,
mike

[deemery]

Howdy folks,

Jerry, Philip Lrry and Rick, thanks for the comments. 

The car was painted with Modelflex Boxcar Red, a maroon tone. I didn't prime it first, and the paint went on well.

I thought I followed the plans perfectly, but I did not.  The grab irons are on the left on my model, but they should be on the right.  I broke the painted model apart, used Mount Blue coaching, and reassembled the sides.  It wasn't that hard to do.  I feel so dumb... 

The model is in the clamps with glue drying, but I hope to post photos of the model tomorrow.

Have fun,
mike

I feel your pain.  On the last kit I built, I mis-understood the brake rigging and put the brake platform and staff on the wrong side of the end.

dave

[Rick]

Mike, we've all been there.
Glad you were able to correct it.

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

The boxcar is ready for final road weathering after decals.  I decided to leave the doors open a bit, which is something different for me.  I'm not so happy with the weathering and don't plan on aging future builds like this one. The roof next to the walk looks different from the photo; it is actually smoke colored.





Have fun,
Mike

[Jerry]

Looks great Mike.  What did you use to weather the car??

Jerry

[Larry C]

Mike I rather like your weathering; looks well used.

[deemery]

Weathering looks fine to me (and I've looked at a lot of photos of weathered wood cars, both prototype and model, as an 1890s era modeler.)

dave

[PRR Modeler]

Outstanding modeling Mike.

[Rick]

Mike, that is an interesting weathering job.
I see lots of color variation.
I guess you'll put some freight inside with the door open.
Or will it remain empty?

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Thank you for your support and comments.

Jerry, I followed the technique I saw on RR-Line forums for Peter Pool.  


I've used the technique in the past with much better luck than today.


Larry, thank you.  It is supposed to be road hard and put up wet-looking.

Dave, thanks for your observation.  This car is supposed to be pre-1900, so that was my aim.

Curt, thank you for the encouragement.

Rick, thanks for the support.  Indeed, the car will have some crates and barrels showing.

Tomorrow I hope to apply the decals.  I'll sand them down a bit to make them look old, too.

Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

The decaling process has begun.



Have fun,
mike

[Philip]

Great weathering Mike. Thanks for the tutorial.

Philip