Scotia Scale models rolling stock

[cnrglen]

I use Eileen's tacky glue for wood kits and projects.

[BR60103]

I use Eileen's tacky glue for wood kits and projects.

Ah! I have some in my collection.

[cnrglen]

Sorry for the lack of work and updates. Our cat took sick and we've been running back and forth to the Vet for the past week.
I did manage to finish up the underframe and brake system:




It's not the greatest representation of a K-brake setup but once painted and weathered it will look allot better than nothing. Before adding the brakes I added some scale Kaddee couplers and drilled the bolsters for truck screws so the coupler height could be set before the underframe is painted.

[cnrglen]

I started sheathing the car today.



I had to do one of the ends twice as the scribed sheeting shifted when I clamped it. I also discovered that the kit was missing some sheathing material. I had enough to do the two ends and most of the sides but not enough to add the upper and lower filler parts by the doors. I also only have one door as well.
I do have some scribed basswood with the same size and spaced scribing on it but it's about twice as thick as the kit material. I'll probably cut the missing parts out of that and sand the thickness down to match. And in case you think I wasted material sheeting the end twice, that too was the thicker basswood.
On the other hand, it's starting to look like a boxcar now.

[cnrglen]

I finished off the sheathing today, adding the roof, doors, and fascia trim. I glued the doors in place and they covered the upper filler parts. I managed to fit and sand some other scribed material to fit the lower door fillers.




The ends are all ready for the grab irons and brake detail now.




Next is the running boards on the roof. You might notice that the upper door track on the one side is two different (and colored) pieces. The kit again short-changed me on material but I had some angle left over from the gondola and used that.

[cnrglen]

I got the car completed up to paint this evening. A few days ago I added the grabs




I used Tichy 18" grab irons all the way around. I also used the Tichy drilling guide that comes with their PFE reefer kit. It makes it so much easier for placement and drilling. to get a uniform spacing of the grabs I used a styrene HO scale 4X4.





I also added stirrups from Tichy, the top running board and the end brake parts.

[doctorwayne]

Lookin' good, Glen.

Wayne

[twilight]

Nice work, Glen.

[cnrglen]

Thanks Guys


I painted and decaled the car over the last few days.



I use a rattle-can primer that I got at Wal-mart. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find it here in Canada or a few years. I still have 3 can left but I'd sure like to know if I could get more.



I airbrushed the car with Polly-s Light freight car red. In case you are wondering the stands that the car is sitting on are also included in some Tichy kits.




I used a CDS dry transfer set for a CPR reefer. The lettering is similar enough the all I had to do was re-number the car and scratch the build date out to change it from 35 to 15.
I' not concerned enough about the weights and dimensions to change all of those.

Next, the weathering

[cnrglen]

I finished off the car this afternoon.




I used a fiberglass scratch brush to wear the paint and decals down a bit, exposing the gray primer in a few areas, especially along the roof and roofwalk.




then I added polly-s grimy black to the trucks, couplers and underframe and polly-s dirt on the sides around the ladders and lower parts of the car.


Then it was off to the layout to put it into revenue service in a short mixed train.

[e-paw]

nice