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 Posted - September 29 2014 : 4:09:50 PM
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In 1956, GN painted ten box cars in a variety of logos, lettering schemes and colors. They sent these cars out on their system to obtain employee input on which one(s) were most attractive, etc. (source: GNGoat/ Great Northern Railway Historical Society online).
I saw these ten on the GNGoat website and decided to make an eleventh one- my interpretation of the concept. One of the real ones was painted "boxcar brown", but the color photos showed that color as far more of a reddish tone- (or was it the quality of the old Kodachrome film/ slides used back then????).
I used plain old Rustoleum flat brown and Microscale decals to do my version- Kadee couplers and I-M 33" metal wheels completed the refurbishing of an old Athearn BB 40 foot box car.
Not a spectacular rebuild, but it adds a little variety to my GN rolling stock inventory.
Siouxlake Ron
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 Posted - September 29 2014 : 7:45:09 PM
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Hi siouxlake,
Great work!
Thanks for sharing.
Mytyco
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Posted - September 29 2014 : 7:56:45 PM
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Nice work.... What did you use to coat the decals...???
Edited by - AF Kid on September 29 2014 7:57:13 PM
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Posted - September 30 2014 : 8:36:22 PM
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The decals came as is off a Microscale GN decal sheet, then I sprayed Dullcote on after everything settled down and dried- generally, my standard method of work.
Ron
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Posted - September 30 2014 : 8:46:02 PM
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Folk who don't do these projects, fail to realize how hard it is to get the decals straight on the shells.
Ever try a 50/50% mix of gloss/dullcoat. I tend to find the 100% dullcoat after a while can get dirty from the dirt on your hands when picking it up.
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