Batch-building freight cars - 1
car body. If you take thetime toblend the various colors, itwill
lookprettygood. I don’t useanoverspray (suchasDullcote),
as I find itmakesmost of thepowder disappear on the car and
kills the “dusty” look. Instead, I leave the carsunsprayed, and
try tohandle the car as littleaspossible.
Enjoy the cars
The last stepmight be themost fun. Run the cars around the
layout, takepictures, and showyour trainbuddies. In theend,
thewholebuildingendeavormay takemanydays, ormore
likely,weeks. Bybuilding inbatches, youwill have four or six
cars, insteadof just one. In theprocess, youwill haveapplied
economy-of-scaleprinciples tofinish the carsmorequickly
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54: Hetch-Hetchy number 5 puts our consist of stock
cars though its paces. All the cars ran great when they
were coupled-up, and no adjustmentswere necessary.
MRH-Apr2014
