Friday, 28 February 2025

A Touch of Grey

I had ordered this tank car at the same time as I ordered last week's replacement switch because, well, why not ?  It's an Atlas tank car (17360 gallon) that will fit in nicely with the few other tank cars that I already had.

This particular model is for transporting chlorine, but I just use them for general service as I like the size of them and I'm not really all that dedicated to modelling with prototypical accuracy.It only took me about 20 minutes per side to remove the "Inhalation Hazard Chlorine" lettering at the right-hand ends of the cars.  I used MicroSol on a small piece of paper towel to soak the printing,  followed by some gentle scrubbing with a damp cotton swab.

 
I have a couple of slightly different shades of Microscale trim film on hand so I've cut some pieces and applied them as paint patches on both cars.

I've managed to somehow misplace my reflective striping stickers, so the newer tank car is missing them

A couple of views of the grey tank cars being moved along the JSSX. 


Passing by the Ferrous Process & Trading site


And that's it for now.  Have a good week.

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