07-01-2016, 07:23 PM
Bruce kindly sent me a few old cars to populate the layout. I didn't attempt at detailing them since they are purely operation models. However, I did rectify the color scheme when I could. This is particularly true with the NYC Pacemaker boxcar which got black ladders and saw the sliding door brackets removed and sill painted red.
I took them as a challenge for improving my weathering skills.
Before:
![[Image: IMG_1266b.jpg]](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m4RRkKF0tgI/V3cWuDmANLI/AAAAAAAACww/abqho-IfCxosVWG79S3uvRf61ZUDZDymACLcB/s1600/IMG_1266b.jpg)
After:
![[Image: IMG_1277b.jpg]](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m5cn95vfUyk/V3cWvJ2PL_I/AAAAAAAACw8/deN7qf9xCIUnxZrqiO5kH6nGd788P3vwACLcB/s1600/IMG_1277b.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1278b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g6-AxXnqy30/V3cWwFAVLFI/AAAAAAAACxA/rFgmtlu4WzgKY1zLNnWYc2cxmnp4AKnIwCLcB/s1600/IMG_1278b.jpg)
Before:
![[Image: IMG_1268b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-byD8tTix2pw/V3cWuszK6oI/AAAAAAAACw4/6-SvIWJK_Zo1Pgw-wKRX3Dbdp_lkRxSigCLcB/s1600/IMG_1268b.jpg)
After:
![[Image: IMG_1279b.jpg]](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tyid32ZFwOE/V3cWwd4LNyI/AAAAAAAACxE/Pz5HBNrVvIgi6ZCrz8l5e2tDZYoUVIyrACLcB/s1600/IMG_1279b.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1280b.jpg]](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-37Nr9J78KMw/V3cWw_R1zTI/AAAAAAAACxI/RqsB1utjDTMCPbAl-NIQdE_9gfZ04rKkgCLcB/s1600/IMG_1280b.jpg)
Before:
![[Image: IMG_1269b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1mSwjQ1LSjo/V3cWuvIrDaI/AAAAAAAACw0/pE4BjX5H3ZkCi3F35IO6IebRCINIcMjUQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1269b.jpg)
After:
![[Image: IMG_1285b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LuV-ab6y_cE/V3cWxMi64_I/AAAAAAAACxM/rNGcozkdsGgVNXkW-PxEPhpG7ihSMDRVgCLcB/s1600/IMG_1285b.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1286b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XVR7fIrVJ1c/V3cWxnRTkXI/AAAAAAAACxQ/YNtdDrWztNE6X5_kBDofL_9XPTwuWdQoACLcB/s1600/IMG_1286b.jpg)
Matt
I took them as a challenge for improving my weathering skills.
Before:
![[Image: IMG_1266b.jpg]](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m4RRkKF0tgI/V3cWuDmANLI/AAAAAAAACww/abqho-IfCxosVWG79S3uvRf61ZUDZDymACLcB/s1600/IMG_1266b.jpg)
After:
![[Image: IMG_1277b.jpg]](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m5cn95vfUyk/V3cWvJ2PL_I/AAAAAAAACw8/deN7qf9xCIUnxZrqiO5kH6nGd788P3vwACLcB/s1600/IMG_1277b.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1278b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-g6-AxXnqy30/V3cWwFAVLFI/AAAAAAAACxA/rFgmtlu4WzgKY1zLNnWYc2cxmnp4AKnIwCLcB/s1600/IMG_1278b.jpg)
Before:
![[Image: IMG_1268b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-byD8tTix2pw/V3cWuszK6oI/AAAAAAAACw4/6-SvIWJK_Zo1Pgw-wKRX3Dbdp_lkRxSigCLcB/s1600/IMG_1268b.jpg)
After:
![[Image: IMG_1279b.jpg]](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tyid32ZFwOE/V3cWwd4LNyI/AAAAAAAACxE/Pz5HBNrVvIgi6ZCrz8l5e2tDZYoUVIyrACLcB/s1600/IMG_1279b.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1280b.jpg]](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-37Nr9J78KMw/V3cWw_R1zTI/AAAAAAAACxI/RqsB1utjDTMCPbAl-NIQdE_9gfZ04rKkgCLcB/s1600/IMG_1280b.jpg)
Before:
![[Image: IMG_1269b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1mSwjQ1LSjo/V3cWuvIrDaI/AAAAAAAACw0/pE4BjX5H3ZkCi3F35IO6IebRCINIcMjUQCLcB/s1600/IMG_1269b.jpg)
After:
![[Image: IMG_1285b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LuV-ab6y_cE/V3cWxMi64_I/AAAAAAAACxM/rNGcozkdsGgVNXkW-PxEPhpG7ihSMDRVgCLcB/s1600/IMG_1285b.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_1286b.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XVR7fIrVJ1c/V3cWxnRTkXI/AAAAAAAACxQ/YNtdDrWztNE6X5_kBDofL_9XPTwuWdQoACLcB/s1600/IMG_1286b.jpg)
Matt
Proudly modelling Quebec Railway Light & Power Company since 1997.
Hedley-Junction Club Layout: http://www.hedley-junction.blogspot.com/
Erie 149th Street Harlem Station http://www.harlem-station.blogspot.com/
Hedley-Junction Club Layout: http://www.hedley-junction.blogspot.com/
Erie 149th Street Harlem Station http://www.harlem-station.blogspot.com/