A mixed bag of 40 foot boxcars, tank cars and hoppers
My most recent builds are a mix of 40 foot boxcars that I have been working on are a mix of cars for Kaslo Shops, myself and a few for friends. A pair of Ontario Northland 40' 10'IH boxcars with 8' doors was the first thing off my workbench. These are a recent offering from Kaslo Shops, and I built these cars for the box cover art. These were not frequent visitors to northern Manitoba, but I have a slide scan of an ONT boxcar tucked in behind the road power heading north out of Wabowden MB. At least one car went as far as Gillam or Churchill so I have a prototype example! These were a straight forward kit build, one car (ONT 91037) with roofwalk and one car (ONT 91006) without. ONT 91037 got a Jade Green paint scheme using the MRH Acrylic Paint Guide formula for NYC Jade Green that I tweaked a bit to get something close to the jade green in photos. ONT 91006 was painted with Rapido Protocolour ONT green; I don't recommend this paint as it is dif...