I've primed it in pink to give a good base for the yellow, of which there's quite a bit on this livery. It should also be good for the red. #hoscale #modelrailway #modeltrains #kitbash #187scale #bsmrguk #modelrailroading #railwaymodelling
Looking great. I have never heard of using pink primer under yellow, but it makes so much sense. I will try it the next time I do a reefer.
HO scale box car model with a near-black roof panels and Santa Fe brown roofwalk.
A better picture of the roof with simulated non-slip coating. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
Now let's do the painting. First, the usual Mr. Mahogany Surfacer 1000, then earthpink panel highlights (a mix of Mr. Color red, white, and brown), and Santa Fe brown (TCP-019) base color. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
HO scale box car top view with the roofwalk painted Santa Fe brown but the roof panels still with just priming and highlighting colors.
HO scale box car roof view with the roofwalk and sides abutting the roof masked off using yellow Tamiya masking tape.
HO scale box car in the paint hood with a fresh coat of Mr. Color 513 Dunkelgrau on the unmasked roof panels. It was thinned with Mr. Color Leveling Thinner for airbrush application.
The roof of this model box car was given a non-slip coating in the 1930s that appeared flat black. True black is quite rare in natural settings; a dark gray will give a more realistic impression in HO scale: Mr. Color 513 Dunkelgrau. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
Now let's do the painting. First, the usual Mr. Mahogany Surfacer 1000, then earthpink panel highlights (a mix of Mr. Color red, white, and brown), and Santa Fe brown (TCP-019) base color. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
Completed and unpainted HO scale 50 foot box car.
Completed and unpainted HO scale 50 foot box car, side view, coupled to an Ann Arbor box car on track.
Completed and unpainted HO scale 50 foot box car, roof view.
Lateral roofwalks, tack boards, cut levers, brakestaff and brakewheel installed. Now the building part is completed. Painting shall commence. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
HO scale box car roofwalk being glued back together with black CA. Next to it, the and bracket that will go on either end of the roofwalk.
Rejoined HO scale box car roofwalk. Three seams are visible in black. Note the three separate boards with space between them, which both makes the roofwalk piece more prone to breakage and adds a striking new level of details compared to other roofwalk castings.
HO scale box car, top view, with roofwalk installed.
Roof details - the main walk has amazing details - and is highly prone to breakage. Luckily it was possible to rejoin it. The black CA glue shows where the joint is on the installed roofwalk. It would not be visible otherwise. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
HO scale box car, inverted, with rubber air hoses being installed.
HO scale box car, inverted, showing the pilot hole for the air hose mounting point being carved out with a syringe tip.
HO scale box car, B end view, with air hose and brake staff bracket installed.
HO scale box car, B end view, with blow-off valve/line and brake platform installed.
Adding brake line details - the air hoses from Hi-Tech are rubber and are amazing. I am switching to these for future projects. Also adding the blow-off valve and line. www.hitechdetails.com/AAR_Hoses.html #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
Very nice! I love the hinge and the interior.
Would all this energy be better spent on model trains? Especially yes.
Sometimes I browse the hellsite. It really is hell over there. It shows me a lot of HHS, Bhattacharya/Kennedy propaganda.
But I saw this today. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
As there is no hydra option, the H. sapiens cell culture one is a solid choice
How every layer of science's "self-correcting machinery" failed when Iva Veseli and I simply wanted to reproduce the findings of a high-profile study on gut microbiome and autism:
merenlab.org/2026/04/15/u...
It would seem. Let's see how far I can take it.
HO scale 50 foot automobile box car model. It is nearly complete, but some conspicuous details are missing like the roofwalks, and it is unpainted.
HO scale 50 foot automobile box car model on the same track as an HOn3 Zerolene tank car. There is a stark size difference.
The trucks are added and the floor is joined to the box car shell. It has an interesting closure mechanism, where the screw into the couplers also attaches the top to the floor. Look at how big this thing is next to that narrow gauge tank car! #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
Inverted floor of an HO scale 50 foot box car with complete detail for K type brakes and prototypical couplers. The couplers are screwed on to allow removal for maintenance.
Side view of inverted floor of an HO scale box car model showing the brake rod with a chain connecting it to the brake cylinder.
Underframe details are installed, including brake rods, chain, T-joiners where pipes meet, and top-operating Prototype couplers. (Top operating means it has specific detail for a cut lever that operates from above the coupler rather than below it.) #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
HO scale resin 50' box car model with the floor separated from the body, showing the metal weight included in the kit. Doors are installed on the body as well.
Additional weight being added to an HO scale box car by gluing fishing a sighing weight over each bolster.
Inverted fishbelly underframe of an HO scale box car model. Triangular support structures have been sanded out for installation. One is shown installed, butting up against the fishbelly underframe.
Now doors, weights, and underframe details are installed. The kit weight is short by a small amount so I add more centered over the bolsters. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
HO scale end roof walks for a box car, top view. They are comprised of a resin casting simulating wood, a metal corner grabiron with eyebolt, and strip brass support structures.
HO scale end roof walks for a box car, bottom view. They are comprised of a resin casting simulating wood, a metal corner grabiron with eyebolt, and strip brass support structures.
Preparing the lateral (end) roofwalks. Note the boards going the "long" way, a unique detail. Grabirons are made with the help of Yarmouth Model Works eye bolts. Strip brass creates the roofwalk supports. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
Steps in sanding out HO scale details for a box car. Top, the brake platform support casting as delivered from Westerfield. Middle, the casting is carefully and gently sanded against the flashing until it is thin and easily removed. Bottom, the cleaned up, sanded out casting.
HO scale resin brake stand for a box car. It is constructed of three pieces: two V-shaped supports attached to a platform.
Brake stand construction. The supports are molded with flashing that is wet sanded down until it is extremely thin, then cleaned up. Two support the platform. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
HO scale resin box car casting with metal grabirons being installed through tiny holes. Interior view.
HO scale box car resin casting with end and left side metal grabirons installed.
Next, grabirons. There are enough to keep one busy for a while. I managed to get 95% done without breaking a single #79 drillbit! (Then broke 3 bits finishing the final few holes...) Bending the grabirons from the inside straightens them out. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
Main body shell of an HO scale resin box car on its side to show the interior connection point with the floor, which needs to be sanded to ensure a good fit without bulging the sides.
HO scale resin box car casting inverted with the floor temporarily in place. The side shows slight bulging, which needs to be corrected with chiseling and sanding.
HO scale resin box car body, inverted, wet from sanding, with an Exacto chisel knife being applied on the interior.
HO scale resin box car casting with the floor inserted, showing that the bulging is now corrected from sanding and chiseling.
The tricky part of the one-piece body is fitting in the floor, which requires quite a bit of chiseling and wet sanding. Laborious, but not really that hard. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
The double door indicates carrying large goods. Here is a mildly chaotic history of automobile box cars: industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/03/carr... As corporations, railroads were eager to make short term profits from an industry that would nearly kill it in the long term.
Table of AT&SF furniture/automobile boxcar deliveries and Fe-Q/R/V equipment variations by car series. Fe-Q was series 64701-65200, built 1924 by Pullman in the quantity of 500. It had a flexible metal roof, plate door, no end door, and Andrew U Section trucks.
Table of Fe-Q/R/V equipment register listings. 495 Fe-Q cars survived until rebuild in 1943 at which point 294 became Fe-25 series 10500-10793 for merchandise service and 200 became Fe-25 series 10800-10999 with Evans Auto Loaders. What happened to the one missing car is uncertain. The rebuilt versions survived into the 1950s.
Five hundred of the Fe-Q model were built in 1924 by Pullman, with close derivatives produced in subsequent years. Fe-Q models survived until 1943, at which time they were rebuilt into Fe-25s. I have not found a prototype photo. #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
Kit contents for Westerfield kit 12901, the Fe-Q auto box car.
The time for a new kit build is now, because why not. Here is a Westerfield 50 foot long automobile box car, designated Fe-Q by the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdQp... #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #HOScale #FeQBuild
As far as I can tell making a scale model is primarily about fixing your mistakes from the last step.
One thing that the Palisades area really needs is to not rebuild or have any more housing or any kind of affordability whatsoever.
Oh, "the left". Is there any better strawman?
