03-02-2017, 12:38 PM
The painted carbody got several light coats of airbrushed Glosscote, and after drying for several days the lettering, from Speedwitch Media, was applied. I cut out the decals as closely as possible to the image, including the script-type slogan, and separated the words, too.
After the decals were set and completely dry, the entire car got several more very light airbrushed applications of Glosscote, (pretty-much a continuous process, as the light coats dry very quickly). I then airbrushed the car with several similar applications of Dullcote, then applied weathering. The photo was taken before adding the cut levers, but it's now completed.
The Seaboard's first 1,000 car lot of these 1932 ARA cars was built in 1934, and had no slogans, while the second 1,000 car lot was built in 1937, and those cars came with the slogan shown. As the cars of the first lot came due for re-weigh (the specified interval at that time was every 30 months), the cars were repainted with the new slogan added. By the look of the photos I've seen, this appears to have been a complete re-painting, as the re-weigh data is not on what's usually a patch of fresh paint over the previous data.
My car, shown below supposedly sometime in 1939, therefore has been weathered fairly lightly, as the paint is just over 1½ years old.
![[Image: SCRATCHBUILT%20SEABOARD%201932%20ARA%20B...%20069.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/SCRATCHBUILT%20FREIGHT%20CARS/SCRATCHBUILT%20SEABOARD%201932%20ARA%20BOXCAR...%20069.jpg)
Next up will be the NC&StL Fowler boxcar, perhaps with a couple of friends from my home road.
Wayne
After the decals were set and completely dry, the entire car got several more very light airbrushed applications of Glosscote, (pretty-much a continuous process, as the light coats dry very quickly). I then airbrushed the car with several similar applications of Dullcote, then applied weathering. The photo was taken before adding the cut levers, but it's now completed.
The Seaboard's first 1,000 car lot of these 1932 ARA cars was built in 1934, and had no slogans, while the second 1,000 car lot was built in 1937, and those cars came with the slogan shown. As the cars of the first lot came due for re-weigh (the specified interval at that time was every 30 months), the cars were repainted with the new slogan added. By the look of the photos I've seen, this appears to have been a complete re-painting, as the re-weigh data is not on what's usually a patch of fresh paint over the previous data.
My car, shown below supposedly sometime in 1939, therefore has been weathered fairly lightly, as the paint is just over 1½ years old.
Next up will be the NC&StL Fowler boxcar, perhaps with a couple of friends from my home road.
Wayne