John
Ok, over 20 years ago I bought a Con Cor 2-8-8-2, took off the tender shell and installed a shortened Bachmann 4-8-4 ATSF tender shell to make it an oil burner…ran it a few times (not even an hour) and a power lead to the motor fell off….so I promptly […]
Ugh…..
unless a custom decal shows up, this car is done!
finishing up the graffitied Southern Pacific Boxcar
The current trainboard.com weathering challenge is a graffiti challenge, and I decided to weather a Southern Pacific Boxcar and attempt my hand at graffiti…I used cheap acrylics for the fade, roof and patch, an ultra fine Sharpie for the two tags (a Dead Kennedys logo and an Anarchy A)…and I […]
Weathering a boxcar…
From day one of the planning of the Standard Gauge Pacific Coast Railway, I have decided to really stray from the prototype and build a hill with a tunnel to hide the loop factor. My plan was to build a base with the same blue foam and then an old […]
Making a mountain out of a mole hill…
My wife is Italian, beautiful olive skin. Her foundation makeup is a darker tan….and a lot lighter than Southern Pacific Boxcar Red….. Looks like a good fade to me….