Nachoman's 2010 spring bash chalenge

[nachoman]

I havent forgotten about my tank car. I put grab irons on the tank, and made a railing for the upper walkway. The railing is actually bent from the old railing from the original car. I will fashion a new lower railing out of wire. The corner stanchions are plastic that I cut from an evergreen I-beam scrap. I drilled tiny holes in the top of the end stanchions so that I could loop a think copper wire through and tie the corner of the handrail down, otherwise I doubt the glue would hold. I think the side stanchions are from athearn handrails. I found those in a miscellaneous parts box I picked up at a train show a few years ago. I also embossed a few pieces of styrene with rivets and glued them to the tank saddles. I need to fashion some kind of hold down bracket that will support the tank strapping. I also began drawing decals on powerpoint. The conoco logo is still a little large. When I get them the way I like them, I will print on white decal paper.