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3: Rust patches and accumulated grime tell the story of a coil
steel car's hard service.
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7: The lettering on this Intermountain PS 4780 hopper was
weathered by using a stencil to bead blast weathering away.
The reporting marks are custom made.
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8: This model started life as a Walthers 53 foot Thrall gondola.
The sides were replaced with .005 styrene. Sides were bulged
/dented before painting. Decals were custom made for Soo
Line wording. The interior walls were distressed with a Dremel
tool to match the exterior damage to the car. The interior was
painted by blotching paint to simulate anything and everything
that would be spilled or loaded in this car. The load of Atlas Rail
and Monster Modelworks.com scale tie plates were painted
with PollyScale paint and Winsor Newton gouache.
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MRH-Feb 2013
