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Completed December 15, 2009

Atlas 4 Bay Hopper

See below for the same technique used for mixing the gold paint for this car.

 

 

Completed December 15, 2009

Atlas 33K Tanker

See below for the same technique used for this car.

 

 

Completed July 24, 2009

Atlas 33K Tanker

The last car is a customer request for a "Southern Belle" version that KCS is using on their GEVO's.  I have to admit that it looks pretty good.  The decals were a pain to get around the corners and decal shrinkage caused a few minor wrinkles behind the ladders, but they are barely noticeable unless you really look hard.  I used Polly Scale SOO Line Red and a custom mixed paint for the Gold.  I followed a basic formula that I found at Railfonts.com.  I started with the formula below and kept mixing until I got close enough to the goldish yellow color KCS uses. Microscales decal sheet provided zero help on what to use for the yellow.

KCS Yellow          	1/4 tsp    Railbox Yellow
                	2  drops   Rust
                	1  drop    Reefer White
                	1  drop    Boxcar Red

 

 

 

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