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which will not only weather the car but cause the lettering to fade into the car. Likewise, the containers are general- ly grimy, but due to the colors they are painted in this is not as apparent on the containers. A light overspray of grime will suffice when weathering the containers.


Final details The final steps in completing the


ULTRA spine car are weighting the containers and placing them on the car. Since the Athearn weights supplied with the spines were not used, the four lower containers will be weighted in- stead. When making a six container car, leave the top two containers un- weighted. This gives the car a low cen- ter of gravity.


An economical way to weight the con- tainers is to place a layer of BB’s on the interior and cover these with a false


Although the ULTRA cars have been paint- ed in many schemes, the one’s used for the EPIC cars are dark gray with white lettering and white with black lettering. The spine cars are in a heavy-duty industry and the models should be weathered heavily.


spines are painted in a variety of colors and graphics on the containers varying from owner to owner. EPIC containers have been painted in three schemes, the newest being dark grey with black lettering.


The older schemes applied to the nine-rib style containers are light grey with black graphics and black with white graphics. A mix of Floquil UP Harbor Mist Grey and Reefer grey will duplicate the new scheme fairly well and Scalecoat 2 Reefer Grey will match the older grey scheme. Tarps in use on the containers vary in color, but most of the newer schemes


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and black containers have a greenish black tarp which can be simulated by mixing black with a few drops of Jade Green. Tarps on the light grey contain- ers almost always matched the con- tainer color;


however, a few were


shades lighter. This may be represent- ed by painting the tarp with Floquil SP Lettering Grey. Weathering on the spines is general-


ly heavy, as the cars are in constant service in a fairly dirty industry and they accumulate a lot of grime, often obscuring much of the lettering on the car. The spines may be given a heavy overspray with Floquil Grimy Black,


floor to secure them. Once the BB’s have been placed into the container, cut a sheet of .015″ styrene to the interior di- mensions of the container and place it over the BB’s. The new floor can be se- cured by cementing .100″× .156″ styrene strip along the insides of the container where the floor meets the side walls. Once the containers have been weighted, the tarps can be cemented onto the top of the containers and the lower containers may be cemented in place on the spine cars. For those wish- ing to model a six container car simply add an unweighted container on top of the one at each end.


While it is unlikely that the ULTRA spine and matching containers will be mass produced, utilizing some basic scratchbuilding and kitbashing will al- low you to add a fleet of these good look- ing and unique modern cars to your lay- out with a minimum of effort.


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