STEP 1: Removing the factory lettering
1: Why on earth would I want to remove the beautiful
and extremely accurate lettering on this Kadee box car?
Follow along as I describe how I paint and weather this
car to match the prototype.
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the airbrush effect. I also came up with a fast way to weather the
welded seams. As I observed photos of these cars, I noticed the
welded seams were very weathered. I needed to weather these
thin welds. In the past I would run masking tape strips on each
side of the seams and then use my airbrush to apply Grimy black.
However this process was not only tedious and time consuming,
but there was always the risk of some portion of the decal com-
ing off when I removed the masking tape! I decided to simply draw
my welded seams on clear decal paper. Then I could use my XActo
knife to cut the seams from the decal paper. I could then apply
each strip onto the seams using standard decaling practices. Follow
along as I show how I repaint and decal the car using the very com-
plete and accurate Highball Graphics decal set.
