Another trio of cars

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For Christmas, my in-laws got me a San Juan Car Co D&RGW boxcar kit (On3). 11 or so ex-D&RGW cars, along with 76 ex-RGS, ex-C&S cars went to Pearl Harbor during WWII...and so I'm working on building this kit as with a few minor modifications to resemble ex-4000 series boxcar #210. I've also started building an ex-C&S boxcar to go along with her using the SUF kit and Murphy roof left over from my C&S stockcar bash (the stockcar bash is done and partially lettered...but I don't have any photos to share as of yet). For good measure, I'm also building a C&S reefer using a hardware kit my wife got me last year for Christmas (and decals my in-laws got me a few years back).

Here's what the workbench looks like (the SJCC kit body is left front):


And here are the three underframes:

The top one will be the boxcar (it needs a brake cylinder)
The middle one is scratchbuilt but using Grandtl Line brake parts and the SUF. This will be the C&S reefer and departs from the boxcar at the end sills
The bottom one is the stock SJCC underframe assembled and painted

I also have a 2-8-0 bash in the works...I think the NMRA would classify it as "scratch built", but our efforts to sell our home have been too intense to work on it.