loaded too high. I kept it about two feet below the top chord. If you attempt to add dents to the side panels on the car, work from the inside and keep the top chord straight or the load may not look right. Add some variation to the shades of rust. I used chalks. Just keep things subtle. That’s it. Oh, the time involved? I spent about three hours, plus some additional fid- dle time.


After the photo pieces were glued down, the load was painted (left). Weathered Black was used on the sides and ends of the balsa. The sheet metal pieces were painted with various mixes of the Weath- ered Black, Roof Brown and Tuscan Red. The finished load (below) contains a vari- ety of small, unused parts from the au- thor’s parts box, as well as sprue scraps.


ered Black, Roof Brown and Tuscan Red. When the paint is dry, add bits and


pieces of “superdetail.” I had lots left over from my exercise in mine site clut- tering. There are small, unused parts from old kits, bits of sprue, scraps from scratchbuilding projects, various gauges and lengths of wire, etc. I think I added, at most, about a hundred of these bits. (This is a good way to reduce the spill- over in your scrap parts box.) The weight and density of a scrap load dictates that the car can’t be


A pair of gondolas loaded with scrap metal roll through Roanoke, Virginia (below).


CHRIS D’AMATO: ROANOKE, VA; APR. 9, 2005


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