Box Car Thread
- Thread starter Gary S.
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Thanks for adding to the thread. I love weathered cars. Have you ever seen the work of the guys over at "ModelTrainsWeathered"? Absolutely amazing stuff. However, with a layout to build and a 120 car roster, there is no way I could spend the time necessary to achieve those results. I am more of a mass-producer, slap some paint and chalk on til it is acceptable and call it good kind of guy.
I like that gondola and load.
I like that gondola and load.
No as a matter of fact I haven't herd of them. I am the exact same way, I have way to many cars to even think about it although the next cars I do will be my autoracks they should be easy enough. I've finally almost got them all converted to MT's and I body mounted all of them for a scale close-ness, the MT truck mounted couplers spread them out way to far. It was tedious but well worth the effort...
Truck mounted
Body mounted
Truck mounted
Body mounted
I think your cars already look fantastic, Gary. Also remember that the prototype starts out new and gets weathered from use. You can do a "quick & dirty" weathering job on the models to get them on the layout. Then as you get caught up on the layout building, you can pull one car off at a time to do a really serious weathering job on them.
Gary, Here's some of mine, First Modern, then 1950's era:
Sorry to have some non-boxcars in there... Here's how I hand-copy graffitti!
If you want cars like these click on my signature link
Sorry to have some non-boxcars in there... Here's how I hand-copy graffitti!
If you want cars like these click on my signature link
Here's my favorites...They're from my father's original collection from the early 50's. They're Athearn metal kits and pretty much as he left them, with the exception of new trucks and KD's. (I think the tanker still has the original wheels...Sorry for not being a box...). These cars won't ever see weathering....
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Those old metal Athearns are cool. I picked up a boxcar and a tank car off the consignment shelf for only 5 bucks each. They were still in the original boxes. The boxcar was unbuilt with the parts still in the little brown bag, except the cast running board was broken. The tank car was partially assembled. I'm not planning on putting them together, because they wouldn't work with my uncoupling magnets anyway.
Great thread and pictures! I hadn't realized how much of a debt I owe to the Illinois Central for the inspiration of my freelanced KP&W orange box cars! 
Ralph
Ralph
Sweet Boxcars everyone!!!
Ill take some pics a lil later and post them :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Ill take some pics a lil later and post them :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
I did a mini roll-by with the boxcars that I have right now. I have a few more boxcars but there at my grandparents house along with my module that I did with the Magic Pan Bakery Complex.
Heres the boxcars that I have at my house right now, ill take the pics of the other boxcars that I have tomorrow when I go to my grandparents, most of these boxcars in this roll-by have not been weathered yet.
Heres the boxcars that I have at my house right now, ill take the pics of the other boxcars that I have tomorrow when I go to my grandparents, most of these boxcars in this roll-by have not been weathered yet.