PGE, BCOL and CP 8' door 40' boxcars
Whoops... someone forgot to say when to stop. North Vancouver BC in the 1970's
My most recent projects were a quintet of 10'6" 40' boxcars with 8' doors. Canadian Pacific and Pacific Great Eastern (later BC Rail) ordered these cars in the late 1950's and early 1960's for newsprint service. They were among the last 40' boxcars built for Canadian railways before the switch to 50' cars. CN had 8' door cars as well but they had a different door style.
These are newly released Kaslo Shops Distributing cars both with and without roofwalks. Given how many of Kaslo kits I have built these were very fast to build. Everything went together well, and sanding was really only needed on the ends to clean up the details.
I primed the cars with Mr. Surfacer 1500 which gives a very nice base to start from. The PGE car was painted with TLT PGE Freight Car Red and decalled with Black Cat decals. The Canadian Pacific block and script lettered cars were painted with Tamiya TS-33 Dull Red and lettered with Black Cat decals. The green CP Rail car was painted with TruColor CP Action Green and lettered with a combination of Black Cat and Microscale decals.
The BC Rail car was a bit more complicated to finish. I painted the car with TruColor BC Rail Light Green paint; the decals were a bit more challenging to do. I used Black Cat decals for the Dogwood logo and Andy W decals for the car data. Other bits of lettering were taken from various Black Cat, Microscale and Kaslo Shops decals. It would be much easier if someone would do a complete set for these cars...hint hint.
I finished the cars with Vallejo Ultra Matt varnish and added weathered Intermountain 33" wheels and Kadee 158 couplers. These cars will get weathered eventually. I've been bugging Kaslo to do the correct door style for CN; we'll see if/when those cars are released.
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