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 Posted - March 06 2014 : 10:30:57 AM
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Choked up the cash for some new printer ink and printed a color card stock side for the Mantua Metal refrigerator car. Here it is entering "paint canyon" . . .
I pretty much left the other parts as is with the exception of cleaning and using some clear coat for protection. The only thing that got painted was the outside edges of the floor which were painted gray to cover the shiny aluminum.
Once again, I learn the value of photography as I see in the photo that the roof apparently has a tweek in it (shows up when the top line of the "framed" Indian drawing looks crooked). Need to get psyched to take the car apart again and straighten it!
And just for grins, a shot of my layout/workbench . . .
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Posted - March 06 2014 : 10:41:45 AM
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| great car you got there barry,love the photos as well ken
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Posted - March 06 2014 : 11:25:30 AM
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quote: Good job on the car, Barry!
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - March 06 2014 : 3:40:24 PM
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quote:Choked up the cash for some new printer ink and printed a color card stock side for the Mantua Metal refrigerator car.
Originally posted by Barry - March 06 2014 : 10:30:57 AM |
Car looks pretty good.
Where did you get the image to print in the first place?
Did it take much to get it scaled to the size of the car?
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Posted - March 06 2014 : 8:46:12 PM
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| Hey Don, I believe I found the image either on eBay or on Google [images], right clicked to save the photo, cropped it in the Windows Paint program (to remove wheels and everything but the side of the car) and saved it as a .jpg file. Then I brought the .jpg file up and printed it 4 X 6; as if it were a photo. Then I calculated the length I needed (5 9/16) divided by the length of the cropped image (6) and came up with that I needed to copy the image to 93% of the original (4 X 6) size. I ultimately had to trim a tiny wee bit with a razor knife that was hanging over the edge of the aluminum car sides. It was easier for me to do this with the Mantua refrigerator car since there weren't any opening doors to deal with (as on the box car). To attach the card stock side to the aluminum car side, I used one of those "roller glue tapes" where you unroll the glue on the back of a photo or whatever you have. It will hold good. Big problem is if you don't lay the paper down straight to begin with.
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Posted - March 06 2014 : 10:54:32 PM
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Interesting process. It took a bit of imagination to work all that out. That roller glue tape sounds interesting. Usually, attaching a paper picture to a flat surface can be a real challenge with either the glue wrinkling the paper or bubbles forming. This sounds more like putting on a sticker. Anyway, the result is flat and smooth.
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