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9: This car started out as an Athearn Genesis PCF double plug
door insulated boxcar in Cotton Belt livery. Gary tells the story:
"I had been introduced to a prototype flick that was captured
by Butch Eyler of this very same car. I decided to keep with the
theme of reproducing a series of freight cars that were hit with
graffiti by Ichabod, with a woman's portrait as the focal point."
"I soaked the car in a mild citrus solvent to strip the factory
Athearn paint and Cotton Belt lettering. I then shot the car with
an enamel paint called periwinkle blue. From there ... I set the
car with Golden West Service decals from the Microscale sheet
8: This model is an eye catcher. Starting with an Atlas 47-foot
ACF Centerflow, Gary used the side of the car like a canvas
to replicate by hand the famous Ichabod graffiti, girl and all.
Before the graffiti the car received 5 layers of a mocha brown
acrylic paint. The car was then sealed with Dullcote before
the acrylic graffiti was applied. Gary spent 20 hours hand-
painting this car.
Scale couplers from Sergent, Hi-Tech air hoses, and hand bent
coupler lift bars and linkage complete the details on this car.
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MRH-Mar 2013
