remove oil and plastic residue prior to painting. Let it dry
thoroughly before moving on to paint.
When the model is dry, I paint the entire car -- sides, ends,
underframe, and trucks -- with Scalecoat 2 Box Car Red No. 1.
I mix the paint with about 20% thinner. As you can see in [13],
I was lazy and didn’t remove the trucks and couplers before
painting. I don’t recommend you do this, unless you’re rushed
for a magazine deadline. The roof is Floquil Black.
Once the paint is completely dry, I decal the model using the
Speedwitch No. D-103 SAL Box Cars decal set. This is an out-
standing product with everything the modeler needs to decal
a B-8 or a B-9 correctly. The Speedwitch set is printed by
Microscale and each decal is printed on its own individual decal
pad which eliminates almost all the detailed cutting normally
necessary with other sets. It is truly a 21st-Century decal set.
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13. Painting the car body.
