jbaakko
01-17-2007, 04:38 AM
So I've been planning this car since I grabbed myself one of those John Deere sets. I'm modeling CTIE #276983 (http://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDetails.php?PhotoID=12294), an interesting gondola.
I began with an Athearn John Deere car:
http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/thumbs/ctie_01.jpg (http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/ctie_01.jpg)
http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/thumbs/ctie_02.jpg (http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/ctie_02.jpg)
I striped it with pine-sol & primed:
http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/thumbs/ctie_03.jpg (http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/ctie_03.jpg)
Today I added the yellow undercoat, (Boyd Smoothster Yellow) remind me to never choose Boyd paints again, I must have made 10 passes! Masking tape on the "to remain yellow" panels, while the paint was still a little tacky. I then over coated it with Testors Flat White. As the flat white dried it cracked a little getting that "not so perfect, quicky paint" look. 20 mins dry time, some more masking, and I painted the underside flat black ((I'll weather it later!). Upon removal of the masking, it took some small patches of white off the uncured yellow, looking even better!
http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/thumbs/ctie_04.jpg (http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/ctie_04.jpg)
It's in the Dullcote drying process now, late tonight, or tomorrow I'll do some power weathering to get the off color white look. The decals will be in the mail in a few weeks, after I get the payment for a custom paint job I'll be doing.
I began with an Athearn John Deere car:
http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/thumbs/ctie_01.jpg (http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/ctie_01.jpg)
http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/thumbs/ctie_02.jpg (http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/ctie_02.jpg)
I striped it with pine-sol & primed:
http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/thumbs/ctie_03.jpg (http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/ctie_03.jpg)
Today I added the yellow undercoat, (Boyd Smoothster Yellow) remind me to never choose Boyd paints again, I must have made 10 passes! Masking tape on the "to remain yellow" panels, while the paint was still a little tacky. I then over coated it with Testors Flat White. As the flat white dried it cracked a little getting that "not so perfect, quicky paint" look. 20 mins dry time, some more masking, and I painted the underside flat black ((I'll weather it later!). Upon removal of the masking, it took some small patches of white off the uncured yellow, looking even better!
http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/thumbs/ctie_04.jpg (http://rr.blockchoice.com/rspics/ctie/ctie_04.jpg)
It's in the Dullcote drying process now, late tonight, or tomorrow I'll do some power weathering to get the off color white look. The decals will be in the mail in a few weeks, after I get the payment for a custom paint job I'll be doing.