soft metal hoses at each end, but these are no longer available. The etched m.u. hoses from BLMA Models would be a suitable substitution. The train line air hoses to the right of the draft gear are from BLMA Models. I used Miniatures by Eric fuel filler pipes to represent the large battery charging receptacles located next to the upper m.u. hoses. An etched Sinclair radio antenna from Sunrise Enterprises and a Miniatures by Eric smoke jack were installed on the roof. My model of RCC2 was painted with
The new fuel tank, side windows and body mounted couplers have been installed (above) on the shell, and the end doorways and side grilles have been opened up. In these photo- graphs (below) the side openings have been filled in with strip styrene and the end doors have been recessed. Other added details include the vertical hand holds, sill steps, m.u. hoses, train line hoses, battery receptacles, radio antenna and smoke jack.
The radiator fan housing was re- moved from the roof and filled with sheet styrene, and the turbocharger stack and lift rings were also removed from the roof. The side grilles and radi- ator shutters were cut out from the sides of the carbody. This was accom- plished by drilling holes in the corners, scoring along the edges with a No. 11 blade, then filing the edges square with a straight needle file.
I filled the horizontal openings with
.020″×.156″ strip styrene. A small amount of Testors plastic cement ap- plied to the edges of the styrene strips was enough to hold them in place for fi- nal positioning, then I applied addi- tional cement from the inside to lock them in place. There is a porthole in each side door, which I filled with .080″ styrene rod.
The next step was to locate and cut the openings for the new aluminum- frame side windows. The windows were located horizontally between the interi- or braces and posts (which are molded into the side grilles) and vertically be- tween the two middle rivet lines. The windows are the same size as those used in the BCR wide vision cabooses, and I was able to obtain two spare sides from a Kaslo Shops caboose kit for the windows. These were cut from the resin sides, dressed with a file, and glued in place with cyanoacrylate adhesive. The Life-Like carbody has molded vertical hand holds on either side of the side doors and plastic sill steps. The de- cal for the white stripe needs to go un- der the hand holds, so I removed the molded-on ones with a No. 17 blade and bent
replacements from .008″ brass
wire. I used the same technique for the smaller, vertical hand holds above the sill steps. I removed the plastic sill steps
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
custom mixes of acrylic paints by my friend Jeff Briggs. The ends and sides are BCR Light and Dark Green; the roof, underframe, fuel tank and trucks are black. The vertical hand holds and sill steps are BCR Yellow. A coat of Mi- cro Gloss Coat was applied in prepara- tion for the decals.
Microscale Industries offers a decal
and replaced them with the etched sill steps available from JnJ Trains.
Finishing the model
There are a fair number of details to be added to the ends of the carbody, in- cluding small, vertical hand holds in- side the end doorways. I formed these from .008″ brass wire. RCC2 was fitted with high and low-mounted m.u. hoses for operation with 6L and 26L brake- equipped locomotives,
respectively. I used four sets of Sunrise Enterprises
set for British Columbia Railway two- tone green locomotives in HO and N scale, and this set includes lettering for the remote control cars. I applied the decals for the white stripe, side letter- ing and the British Columbia Railway logo using Micro Sol and Solvaset. Jeff then applied the weathering and a fi- nal seal coat. The weathering was kept to a minimum, as the car had just been painted at the time I am modeling. The remote control cars were typically operated in mid-train coupled to two lo-
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