LRS 7550 cu ft. Boxcar

One of the sort of goals I have here is for the layout is to get everything on the layout to blend in together, and to not let anything really stand out on it's own too much.  This Aurora Miniatures 60 foot high-cube Greenbriar boxcar that I've had for over a year now has finally had it's turn getting some weathering. A really nice model, I've just thought it to be more bright and shiny than I think it should be.

Laurenburg & Southern 141060, leased from GATX,  in it's as-new condition.  I'm not going to call it a sore thumb, but the bright blue of this boxcar stands out on the layout too much for my liking.

Spotted in a different location also illustrating how the car kind of jumps out of a scene

An overall fade of the boxcar's blue paint done with a spray of thinned Concrete Gray as the first step to dull down the brightness of the blue.  I then put a coat of clear gloss along the bottom portion of the car in advance of applying graffiti decals.

A little bit of rust staining is running down from the door stops, and then a very light spray of Grimy Black along with a good coat of Tamiya Clear Flat really takes down that shine that the boxcar had.

Spotted at Door 5 of Tri-State Paper, along with the CN combination door paper car at Door 4.

I like this particular low angle view, which was shot from beneath my Gratiot Ave. overpass.  The support pillars frame the boxcar nicely.  Also, notice that the modern higher reporting marks placement seems to have kept the taggers from painting over them.

Have a good week everybody.