Here is my latest custom car. It is a LNE caboose.
The caboose started as a Mantua Radio Dispatched Caboose. I stripped the lettering off it and painted it red using Polly Scale paints. The paint gave me nothing but troubles. It didn’t cover correctly, the airbrush clogged. Finally after about four tries I got the paint to look good. I then began to decal it as a Western Maryland caboose. Well that turned into a disaster. If it had not been for some reassuring from a few folks I would have given up on custom cars.
Well I then stripped the Polly Scale off with brake fluid. The first time I used brake fluid. I then repainted it and used some leftover decals for a LNE boxcar. The car still looks a little shinny right now. I still need to weather it and hit it with some Dullcoat.
For those who interested here is the list of materials:
Mantua Heavy 36’ Caboose Radio Dispatched (726-174)
Kadee # 38 couplers
P2K Flat Back Metal Wheels
Undercoat: Folk Art Dove Gray (708) thinned 1:1 with blue windshield washer fluid
Sealer: Plaid Clear Acrylic Sealer-Matte (CS200306)
Final Colors: Apple Barrel Kings Gold (20760) thinned 2:1 with blue windshield washer fluid
Apple Barrel Red Apple (20784) thinned 2:1 with blue windshield washer fluid
Sealer: Plaid Clear Acrylic Sealer-Gloss (CS200304)
Decals: Walthers Box Car Lehigh & New England WHT 67-15
Sealer: Plaid Clear Acrylic Sealer-Matte (CS200306)
P2K Flat Back Metal Wheels
Paint: Americana Burnt Sienna mixed with Folk Art Bright Peach (682) 1:3
Sealer: Plaid Clear Acrylic Sealer-Matte (CS200306)
Trucks
Paint: Folk Art Dark Gray (426)
Drybrush: Americana Burnt Sienna
The caboose started as a Mantua Radio Dispatched Caboose. I stripped the lettering off it and painted it red using Polly Scale paints. The paint gave me nothing but troubles. It didn’t cover correctly, the airbrush clogged. Finally after about four tries I got the paint to look good. I then began to decal it as a Western Maryland caboose. Well that turned into a disaster. If it had not been for some reassuring from a few folks I would have given up on custom cars.
Well I then stripped the Polly Scale off with brake fluid. The first time I used brake fluid. I then repainted it and used some leftover decals for a LNE boxcar. The car still looks a little shinny right now. I still need to weather it and hit it with some Dullcoat.
For those who interested here is the list of materials:
Mantua Heavy 36’ Caboose Radio Dispatched (726-174)
Kadee # 38 couplers
P2K Flat Back Metal Wheels
Undercoat: Folk Art Dove Gray (708) thinned 1:1 with blue windshield washer fluid
Sealer: Plaid Clear Acrylic Sealer-Matte (CS200306)
Final Colors: Apple Barrel Kings Gold (20760) thinned 2:1 with blue windshield washer fluid
Apple Barrel Red Apple (20784) thinned 2:1 with blue windshield washer fluid
Sealer: Plaid Clear Acrylic Sealer-Gloss (CS200304)
Decals: Walthers Box Car Lehigh & New England WHT 67-15
Sealer: Plaid Clear Acrylic Sealer-Matte (CS200306)
P2K Flat Back Metal Wheels
Paint: Americana Burnt Sienna mixed with Folk Art Bright Peach (682) 1:3
Sealer: Plaid Clear Acrylic Sealer-Matte (CS200306)
Trucks
Paint: Folk Art Dark Gray (426)
Drybrush: Americana Burnt Sienna