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Thanks, TomO! By the way, my first three paragraphs were a bit of a muddle - I straightened them out for improved clarity. Also, that...

Looks damn good and thanks for your formulas. I would add those 2 things you might wish to do. Adding the safety orange to the sight...

Well, my first weathered locomotive is done: A BLI GEVO ET44, CSX, N scale. By way of reminder, here it was as of my last update...

I figured the two-tone bright lettering look would be too “avant garde” for a raildoad car builder to do, so I figured it was a...

Thanks for getting back on this, TomO. I presume the brighter yellow for lettering represents peeled letters, leaving less heavily...

here it is

I stole this amazing black chalk spray paint from wifes paint collection. it drys like coal dust on the steamer , its perfect as a base...

I finally got to the studio for some weathering. I found the Railbox carton and it is a Athearn RTR Prime for Grime series car

The car has an interesting look - bright paint for the rail box lettering ang others (like letter decals or paint peeled off on a...

My secret is to model the 1950s, then you don’t have to mess with that stuff. But, seriously: look up “paint marker fillable” at Amazon...

Yes, Tom…if you click in the “view attachment” link where I quote your post, you’ll see it is from the page 94 post. That post contains...

Finished up yesterday. I should have a response this afternoon. If it’s positive I will do final clear coat on Wednesday

Hey, TomO, This is the earliest post I find on the Railbox. Would this be a/the “before” picture?

The Masters was the final big 4 Major tournaments on my wish list to see. Applied for tickets starting in the 1970’s. Went finally in...

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