40 foot boxcar rebuild

[Gary S]

Great-looking results on that car, Gary. I especially like the open door and your technique for modelling the inside face of the closed door.

Thanks for the compliments and the info, Wayne. Even though the back of a real door doesn't look quite like the corrugated plastic I used, it serves the purpose.

One of the advantages I see about a shelf layout is that a car with an open door can still be used for loading during operations. Just turn the car around and now it has a closed door. Can't see the other side, no matter where it is on the layout. Which brings up an interesting thought... A single car could be used to represent two different cars... different road numbers, even different roads.