Original Boxcar Repaints Revisited

 Greetings All,

One of my original boxcar repaint projects was recently revisited after I noted they were not getting any layout time despite the repainting and upgrades. The reason: They were too clean!

Back in August 2013 I started a paint project on six AHM 40' boxcars and recorded the beginning of the project here.

Here is a photo of a project car and the first repaint PC #167872.

I followed this up with a second blog post on August 6th, 2013 that highlighted the completion of the repaint project. Here are the six repainted cars.

Seven years later the cars were still pristine! So I broke out my Doc O'Brien's weathering powders and got to work. 

Here are the cars showing they have run some revenue miles.

The powders are sealed with Microscale Dullcote.  

The original six showing their years of revenue service arrive in Empire City.

The cars now look more realistic and more like a seven years old boxcar should. 

The paint used for the original project was Jade Green for a company called American Slings. Decals were from Microscale Penn Central boxcar esoterica set #87-1098.

In addition to the paint and decals these AHM boxcars also received body mounted Kadee couplers, extra weight and metal wheelsets.

Thanks for reading!!!

See ya soon!!!