Building a (small) fleet of Mount Blue Boxcars

[elwoodblues]

Ron,

Very nice looking fleet of boxcars. Well done.

Tom

Thanks Tom, the finish line is in site.

[elwoodblues]

Nice work!

Thanks Philip.

[friscomike]

Howdy Ron,

What are your thoughts about Mount Blue's coupler box approach versus Kadee pockets?  Do they operate well?  

Have fun,
mike

[elwoodblues]

Howdy Ron,

What are your thoughts about Mount Blue's coupler box approach versus Kadee pockets?  Do they operate well? 

Have fun,
mike

Mike, sorry I missed your question.

Mount blues coupler box approach works well if you use the recommended couplers in my case Kadee's #26.  On the boxcar I built previously I glued the coupler cover with Arlene's Tacky Glue so that I can remove it in the future if need be. 

[elwoodblues]

It's been a long time since my last update as the Challenge got in the way.  This update is called. . . . . 

Where are the Sign Painters. . . 

Now that the boxcars are done it was time to decal the cares.




Because I have a small fleet of these to decal I made a styrene mask to make it easier to apply the decals in the same spot on every car.  This mask is for the logo.





The logo applied.





I made another Mask to position the reporting marks.





Half of the decaling on one side of the car completed.





One side of the car decaled.  One side down. 7 to go. 

For those who are interested, I has the decal custom made by Precision Design Co out of Manitoba.  I did the artwork and the turnaround was quick with free shipping.

[elwoodblues]

While waiting for the decals to dry I prepared the trucks.




I painted the trucks with Tamiya's oxide red surface primer.





The wheels were painted with Vallejo's Panzer Aces Light Rust (#301)





The completed trucks.

Thanks for looking in.

[Jerry]

Decals look great Ron!

And those wheel sets are really nice looking.
I'll have to write down that formula for refence.

jerry

[Philip]

  Nice work!

[deemery]

I've heard uniformly great things about PDC.ca decals...

dave

[elwoodblues]

Decals look great Ron!

And those wheel sets are really nice looking.
I'll have to write down that formula for refence.

jerry

Thanks Jerry,

It's how I painted the trucks on the previous Mount Blue boxcar I built and I was happy with it so I figured why change something that works. 

[elwoodblues]

Nice work!

Thanks Philip.

[elwoodblues]

I've heard uniformly great things about PDC.ca decals...

dave

Dave,

I have nothing but great things to say about Bill, great service and a great product, I would definitely recommend him for any custom decal work.

Disclaimer: no affiliation, just one very happy customer.

[Rick]

Ron, great idea using that mask and the results speak for themselves.
Trucks look good too.

[Larry C]

Ron you can't get any better with the decals that that!! Great job and like the mask approach.

[ACL1504]

Ron,

Very well done on the decals. Look great!

Tom