02-03-2013, 07:23 AM
As I mentioned in my backdrop thread I've started working on some Tichy USRA 50 Ton Box Car Kits I've had for sometime now. I actually have fourteen of these cars to build, but I've decided to be reasonable and do one box of six I had loose in my cupboard. (The box these kits were in was used to ship the Big Blue Tour Car as the original box was looking a little worse for wear.) So in the interest of trying not to lose any of the parts I'm going to put these together and have some extra rolling stock to run on my layout. Who knows, depending on how fast these go I have another 8 I can build to keep me busy.
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The build starts out simple enough by assembling the car bodies together as per the included instructions.
Next step is to drill the holes and install those little grab irons.
hock:
Which I will do later today.
In the end I hope to have these all painted a lovely shade of Box Car Oxide Red, numbered and lettered for my road of choice Canadian Pacific.
The build starts out simple enough by assembling the car bodies together as per the included instructions.
Next step is to drill the holes and install those little grab irons.
hock:Which I will do later today.
In the end I hope to have these all painted a lovely shade of Box Car Oxide Red, numbered and lettered for my road of choice Canadian Pacific.