40 foot boxcar rebuild

[Gary S]

For the back of the door inside the car, I took some "corrugated" sheet plastic and cut it to fit inside behind the door.



Then I glued it in and painted the inside of the boxcar white. It took a few coats to cover the dark plastic.



As the white paint dried, I went back to the floor and painted the boards various colors of grays and antique white.



After the paint dried, I used a black wash on the floor.



And a brown wash on the inside ofthe boxcar. At this point, I also cut off the original bottom sills.



Then glued the floor into the body.



After scraping the rivets and paint off from behind the door, I glued it in place. Also cut and installed the new bottom sill.





And now it just needs some paint on the doors and sills, some new weathering, and a coat of dullcote. I'll post that once I get all that finished, but it may be a few days....