There is one more detail part to apply, the air hose on each end
of the car. These are extremely fragile and would have been
damaged during painting and decaling. I use Kadee air lines for
the time being but will be changing over soon to MagnaLock
Air Hoses.
I have also decided that the Kadee scale couplers with trip pins
don’t really enhance the look of my equipment. With better-
looking air hoses I need to be a bit more discerning so I am
changing over slowly to Sergent couplers. They look the part
and operate more closely to the prototype.
The curse of the resin builder got me at this stage, with Rapido
announcing the release of the Swift cars with black letter-
ing appropriate for my era and, yes, they will be lettered for
19. Applying the decals.
19
Painting and decaling a resin car - 10
the 2500 series reefers. It’s
always that way, if you build
it they will release it. Still,
there is nothing like the sat-
isfaction that comes from
finishing one of these cars.
Good luck with your future
resin car building and enjoy.
After all, the hobby is fun.
I would like to dedicate this
article to my good friend, fine
teacher, and mentor Richard
Hendrickson, who passed
recently. Richard, I will miss
our conversations and your
expert counsel.
Pictures continue
on next page ...
MRH-Dec 2014
