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Rocket Express 50’ automobile boxcar
8. This RI car was finished using Dullcote with a cou-
ple of drops of boxcar red added as a tint. The car
was then given a light dusting of brown pigments, and
sprayed again with a light coat of Dullcote. At some
point in its career the car was removed from auto-
mobile service, so the horizontal boxcar red patch
on the right side of the car that denotes the original
‘AUTOMOBILE’ lettering was painted-out by the Rock
Island RIP track workers.
Accurail’s Rock Island USRA boxcar
9-10. Accurail did a great job of capturing the lettering
on this car. In addition to weathering the car, I removed
all the cast-on grab irons and replaced them with wire
ones. I then airbrushed the handhold areas with a BCR
that matched the factory paint. Next was to over-spray
the car with a light Dullcote mixed with a few drops
Weathering freight cars - 6
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of black and dust to tone-down the lettering. I then
used black and light brown colored pencils to lightly
highlight some of the vertical boards on the sides and
doors for additional weathering. The prototype roof
was painted with black roof cement, so I used a mix of
black and white oil paints to denote a weathered roof
with some of the roof cement flaking off.
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MRH-Jun 2014
