10-29-2011, 11:31 PM
Time to get this up to date. Finished all 27 of the reefers, except for some very minor touch-up paint. For example, I noticed in the photo of SLC 133 below, I forgot to dirty up the white MTC marking on the door. These were all painted with craft paint and brush. For weathering, used thinned craft paint and weathering powders. One thing I discovered... for patches, it is much better to use colored decal trim film then painting. The ex-MR patches are decals, the ex-SF patches are craft paint. The decal film makes a big difference.
First, all 27 of these things lined up at Hobby Industrial Park on the layout. I routinely see all of the variations at the Mountain King plant right down the street from where I work. I did work form the proto photos of the various cars.... but didn't strive to make the models exactly like the real thing, just close enough. For comparison, there are prototype photos on previous posts of this thread.
One of ten of the ex-MR reefers
I think these are ex-MR cars but have been painted all yellow, perhaps after some major graffiti. The SLC appears to be adamant about keeping their cars graffiti free. I did 5 of these.
These are ex-ATSF reefers, with the "Ship and Travel Santa Fe All the Way" logo. Did 4 of these
Did 3 of these ex-AFSF with the large "Santa Fe" on the side
Did 2 of this ex-ATSF variation, which seems rather rare, only saw this paint scheme a couple of times.
And did 3 of these, apparently ex-ATSF bu painted all yellow.
First, all 27 of these things lined up at Hobby Industrial Park on the layout. I routinely see all of the variations at the Mountain King plant right down the street from where I work. I did work form the proto photos of the various cars.... but didn't strive to make the models exactly like the real thing, just close enough. For comparison, there are prototype photos on previous posts of this thread.
One of ten of the ex-MR reefers
I think these are ex-MR cars but have been painted all yellow, perhaps after some major graffiti. The SLC appears to be adamant about keeping their cars graffiti free. I did 5 of these.
These are ex-ATSF reefers, with the "Ship and Travel Santa Fe All the Way" logo. Did 4 of these
Did 3 of these ex-AFSF with the large "Santa Fe" on the side
Did 2 of this ex-ATSF variation, which seems rather rare, only saw this paint scheme a couple of times.
And did 3 of these, apparently ex-ATSF bu painted all yellow.