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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
MRH-Jun 2014
