Two or Three Things

I received a couple of packages this past week.  First, some modern type graffiti decals were in the mailbox from Circus City Decals.  I'd never used any from that supplier before.  They're look to be pretty nice decals.  I won't be using the skull part of the "ICH" decal, just 'cuz it's kind of a personal policy of mine (long story).  I'll just trim that part off.

The decal at the bottom here is made to cover pretty much the whole side of a covered hopper. But I do have to figure out which model of covered hopper might it might fit best.

I also received these two new RBOX cars that I bought from another modeler through a Facebook group.Two Intermountain RBOX cars.  These two cars have maybe the goofiest couplers I've seen on a model.  All metal, they don't open, or couple.  Or at least I couldn't get them to do that.  Maybe that's why the seller wanted to sell them.  Regardless, some great weathering possibilities here for future projects.

Oh well, if you haven't gotten used to changing out couplers, then you probably haven't been in the hobby for very long.

The SD7 has steadily moved a little closer to being a "finished project.  As a reminder, here's how it looked when I started on it:

And as it sits today, painted and mostly weathered.  So far I've added over 40 of the detail parts that came with the Proto 2000 kit.  And still just a few more to go, including pilots, number boards, and reporting mark decals.

The white stripes look rather overpowering right now, but they will quiet down when I get them sprayed with some grime.  I didn't want to use yellow stripes because the other JSSX engines have white ones and I thought I'd like to keep that consistent.  The green tape on the windows is to keep clear gloss from getting on the "glass" when I spray that in preparation for some  decaling on that grey patch just below the cab windows.

That's all this time.  Happy Easter !