UP SD40-2's NEW Layout

[UP SD40-2]

Maybe I missed it earlier in the thread, but what did you use for your backdrops? Did you have to seal it with something since you're below grade? Did you power head nail furring strips to the walls?
Thanks!

jcj380, Good question, I don't recall mentioning it :oops: . For the backdrops I used 1/8'' "hardboard", glorified hard pressed cardboard really. I used a blue washable satin finish house paint, no sealer, but I put two coats on it. Not finished painting it yet, I still need to airbrush clouds on it . I screwed 1x2's two feet tall about every 3' all along the back of my layout baseboards, then used drywall screws to screw the hardboard to the 1x2's, that's how the backdrops were done . Thanks for asking!

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Been working on the layout for a couple days hard now, hope to have a couple pics of the progress up by Sunday.

Did a side project tonight, I have a Walthers undecorated evens boxcar that I never got around to doing, decided to start it tonight.


I have seen a few pics of different UP boxcar paint schemes I don't have so I have been really wanting to do some of them, you know just to have some neat cars that the manufactures haven't made...yet.

Sadly all my RR paints are old and no good now, after all these years what do I expect, so I went to Walmat in hopes of finding a color close to UP's boxcar red, WOW, I HIT THE JACK POT!! I painted the boxcar...


Then I compared it to a Bowser UP Hopper...


Then I compared it to an Accurail UP boxcar...


While not a 100% match to either of them, boy, it sure looks real good to me .

So I started decaling the boxcar, but had a misshap happen, nothing I can do now though, one of the decals moved when I put the solvaset on it, cripes, once you got solvaset on it that's it, no trying to fix it without totally ruining it . I can live with it, could have been worse, anyways, I have to finish the other side, put it back together, weather it and then dull coat it. Heres a couple shots of it after I done all I'm doing tonight...




The dull coat will take the water marks out.

Till next time, stay on track!