Back to the shell The shell, once the molded ladders and such are removed, is pretty good just as it is considering the age of the tooling. The only addition I made were the gussets at the bottom corners be- tween the sill and the bottom of the ends; these were made with small pieces of thin styrene. For the end lad- ders, I used the detail set for the Berwick boxcars formerly made by Branchline. These cars are now made by Atlas and the parts should be avail- able for purchase separately. The set has a bunch of useful parts besides the ladders, including the mounting brack- ets for the crossover platforms, tack boards, and brake components (if you are not using the set from Moloco). Installation of these parts is pretty straightforward. Start with the end ladder assembly and glue it in place making sure the rungs line up with the ladders on the car sides. Next, install the crossover support brackets using cyanoacrylate cement. I prefer to use an etched metal Plano crossover plat- form on my models, which I install to- wards the end of the project, but you can use the ones included on the Berwick detail set just the same and install those now. Add the tack boards, and you are done with the ends. Next, drill holes for the new stirrups and install them with cyanoacrylate cement. For the sides, I used Detail
Associates The
small bits of styrene for the ladder stand-offs.
prototype’s
ladders and ladders
were mounted with a pair of bands which you can see between the rungs in some prototype photographs. I left these out on this car. You can use thin styrene, or just shade-in their shape with some weathering later on. Install the brake line and air hose to the draft gear, then the Plano cut bar bracket. The cut lever is made by bending .010″ wire and slipping it through the eye of the bracket; it gets glued to the end un- der the draft gear.
Painting and decals
After a very gentle rinse in warm soapy water and a day to air-dry, I sprayed the model with Rustoleum gray automotive primer. If you see anything you don’t like on the model, now is the time to make any corrections. Touch up those areas with a spray of primer.
In the paint shop the car received a coat of Modelflex Dark Tuscan Oxide Brown lightened with Erie Lackawanna Maroon and some Signal Red for a base color. Some overspray was applied to the roof, which was painted with Reefer Gray as a basis for further weathering, including several applications of various rust tones.
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