Thanks Wayne. I took a second look at the original Trucks and I think that they will do for me after all. I have used the Tichy arch bars on a wood rotary snowplow project as it would have been a vintage non-revenue piece of equipment and there was no real reason to change out those trucks.
I made a bit of progress on the gon tonight.
I weathered and installed the floor. It's a bit stark yet but that will change when I add an overspray of Polly-s dirt to tie the weathering colors together. So far it has a base coor of Krylon Paver gray, followed by drybrushings of a couple different gray acrylics. I used a very fine micron pen to mark the individual boards. Finally I drybrushed some oxide red to show the remnants of the original paint that was worn off by different loads over the years.
Before snapping the floor into place, I gave the inside walls of the gondola a light spray of Polly-s rust.
I made a bit of progress on the gon tonight.
I weathered and installed the floor. It's a bit stark yet but that will change when I add an overspray of Polly-s dirt to tie the weathering colors together. So far it has a base coor of Krylon Paver gray, followed by drybrushings of a couple different gray acrylics. I used a very fine micron pen to mark the individual boards. Finally I drybrushed some oxide red to show the remnants of the original paint that was worn off by different loads over the years.
Before snapping the floor into place, I gave the inside walls of the gondola a light spray of Polly-s rust.