Conrail Auto Parts Boxcar

I bought this Class One Model Works auto parts car a year or so ago, and just a couple of weeks ago I got around to doing the weathering on it.  And that means it will finally be able to go out on the layout.

The fresh out of the box freight car.

 

First side done...with some paint fading, acrylic artist's paint for rust and grime streaks, and a couple of small paint patches done with decal film.  There are also a couple of small graffiti decals and I've applied SmokeBox Graphics reflective yellow stripes.

And the 2nd side is much the same.  I had a picture of a similar Conrail car (different number) that shows some paint wearing away at the top of 2 of the doors, so I  sprayed those same areas with a little bit of primer gray in a similar pattern.

And so here's the boxcar out on the rails...

Posed to show the first side

And the 2nd side

And there's my weathered boxcar spotted on the spur at my parts plant.

Last one (for now anyway) has CR 238012 coupled to a Tangent model Conrail car.  Now I wouldn't really mind picking up another one of these Class One models to go with this one.

And that's it for this time.  Have Merry Christmas everybody!