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A while back I redid the Mantua box car above to be a Colorado Midland car. I kept looking at it with things I wished I'd done differently. I finally decided to redo it, and, as long as I was not doing things around the house that I was suppose to, to do two cars at the same time. There are still things I'd do differently; mostly having to do with the "card stock" graphics on the sides. This graphic (as the one used originally is an image of a Roundhouse model). Adjusting the size is kind of crazy because the Roundhouse car is smaller than the Mantua car. And while it's relatively simple to enlarge the basic image, what you end up with our parts of the image that are larger than they should be. Ah . . . "next time". Anyway, here's a couple photos of the project for your Sunday afternoon entertainment . . .










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That's a resourceful job, resizing the MDC car side into a printed car side for the Mantua box car. Nicely done!

The video clips were fun to watch, too. Not only is it a nice car, but it looks good in an overall nice-looking train.

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Those look great!
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It's really beautiful, Barry. I also love your grab iron template.
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