Kitbashed IHC 50ft combination door boxcar - Printable Version

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Kitbashed IHC 50ft combination door boxcar - sailormatlac - 12-11-2016

I thought some of you would like this conversion from one of the worst model that I ever bought in my lifetime. The IHC 50ft combination door boxcar is one of the most inaccurate boxcar I ever saw. Everything on it is plain wrong, but for some reason I couldn't trash it. My first attempt at rebuilding it was a big failure, but now I'm back to it. This is how it looked after that first surgery.

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I decided to only keep the sides, even if they are too short in height.

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Then I removed the unwanted details.

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Before cutting the doors and adding some plating to make them higher.

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The new plug door details are made out of paper with handmade rivets.

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And here's the car ready for the paint shop. Details are a mix of junk, styrene and some parts. The car ends and roof are Intermountain modified to look like NSC-3 car ends.

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This car will be painted in CN wet noodle scheme and join my fleet of cars shipping plywood from B.C. to Eastern Canada markets.

Hope you enjoy!

Matt

Re: Kitbashed IHC 50ft combination door boxcar - ak-milw - 12-11-2016

Nice job making something out of nothing.



Cheers

Re: Kitbashed IHC 50ft combination door boxcar - e-paw - 12-14-2016

Nice. Cheers Thumbsup Cheers

Re: Kitbashed IHC 50ft combination door boxcar - sailormatlac - 12-15-2016

Thanks guys!

Now painted and ready to be lettered.

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Matt

Re: Kitbashed IHC 50ft combination door boxcar - ak-milw - 12-15-2016

Excellent work!!



Cheers

Re: Kitbashed IHC 50ft combination door boxcar - sailormatlac - 01-10-2017

Now decalled and ready for new couplers and trucks and... weathering.

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A 25 years old injustice is now undone!

Matt

Re: Kitbashed IHC 50ft combination door boxcar - sailormatlac - 01-16-2017

Weathered and ready for revenue service.

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Matt