Photos of my Monon 40' Boxcar
Jun 17, 2018 15:18:08 GMT -8
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Post by tom on Jun 17, 2018 15:18:08 GMT -8
A couple of weeks ago I was looking through my stash of decals and I found a set of Monon decals from Model Railroad supply. These are excellent decals and a weathered Monon boxcar would look great on my Penn Central railroad. I also had an old Model Railroad article on modeling a 40' PS-1 boxcar and these decals but instead of the Intermountain car in the article I used a Kadee undecorated kit car. Here is the result:
I carefuly scrubbed all of the enginneered plastic parts with a toothbrush and a powdered cleanser (Bar Keepers Helper) but did not scrub the body because it was made out of styrene (but shiny).
I painted the stripe area ModelFlex White and the rest of the body with a PollyScale mix of 2 parts Red Oxide to 1 part Special Oxide Red. However when I removed the masking it pulled much of the white stripe and the red clean off! This was because the paint did not stick to the shiny plastic. Luckily I did not add the parts yet to the car so I stripped off the paint using oven cleaner (outside) and started over again but this time I scrubbed the body too. I also painted the frame and ends ModelFlex Engine Black and the roof a silver/gray mix. Worked fine the second time:
These cars were well weathered by the mid 1970's so I weathered it heavily to match photos that I found. I took my time using pencils, water color pencils, PanPastels and an airbrush. Remember to paint and weather the trucks!
So from a forgotten set of decals I ended up with a classic freight car from the 50's still running in its original paint in the 1970's.
I carefuly scrubbed all of the enginneered plastic parts with a toothbrush and a powdered cleanser (Bar Keepers Helper) but did not scrub the body because it was made out of styrene (but shiny).
I painted the stripe area ModelFlex White and the rest of the body with a PollyScale mix of 2 parts Red Oxide to 1 part Special Oxide Red. However when I removed the masking it pulled much of the white stripe and the red clean off! This was because the paint did not stick to the shiny plastic. Luckily I did not add the parts yet to the car so I stripped off the paint using oven cleaner (outside) and started over again but this time I scrubbed the body too. I also painted the frame and ends ModelFlex Engine Black and the roof a silver/gray mix. Worked fine the second time:
These cars were well weathered by the mid 1970's so I weathered it heavily to match photos that I found. I took my time using pencils, water color pencils, PanPastels and an airbrush. Remember to paint and weather the trucks!
So from a forgotten set of decals I ended up with a classic freight car from the 50's still running in its original paint in the 1970's.
