Burlington Gold in HO
CB&Q 61417
Originally started for the ‘22 StL RPM, I just recently finished my model of a BN-era Gold Burlington boxcar survivor, the Q 61417, some 13 months later than originally planned. ♂️
The theme of that year’s show was to showcase what could be done with “the Kit,” and this was no exception, starting off as a simple, factory-painted (albeit a special run) Accurail car. I shaved the grabs and steps off, and replaced them with wire parts, along with the addition of wire cut levers, and rubber air hoses.
On the roof, I removed the roofwalk, and plugged all of its mounting holes with styrene rod and Mr. Dissolved Putty ( tinyurl.com/hece7cuw ), which was then sanded smoothly. This is a fantastic, brushable, liquid plastic that dries hard, and is sand-able!
The door was repainted red, as per the prototype, and the roof was painted a dull grey. ACI labels and reweigh data from Microscale and ICGDecals.com completed the lettering.
The roof was weathered with a combination of oils and chalks, as described by Quinn's Weathering Depot on a What's Neat This Week video, while the sides were done with Tamiya panel line washes, and chalks. Everything was sealed in with an artist’s Fixative ( tinyurl.com/bdshx7md ), which is like dullcoat, but is specifically designed for chalks, and doesn’t hide the colors when dry like dullcoat does.
Anyway, I know that it’s not perfect (what is?), but it’s not half bad for a $10 shake-the-box kit with factory paint!
Burlington Gold in HO
CB&Q 61417
Originally started for the ‘22 StL RPM, I just recently finished my model of a BN-era Gold Burlington boxcar survivor, the Q 61417, some 13 months later than originally planned. ♂️
The theme of that year’s show was to showcase what could be done with “the Kit,” and this was no exception, starting off as a simple, factory-painted (albeit a special run) Accurail car. I shaved the grabs and steps off, and replaced them with wire parts, along with the addition of wire cut levers, and rubber air hoses.
On the roof, I removed the roofwalk, and plugged all of its mounting holes with styrene rod and Mr. Dissolved Putty ( tinyurl.com/hece7cuw ), which was then sanded smoothly. This is a fantastic, brushable, liquid plastic that dries hard, and is sand-able!
The door was repainted red, as per the prototype, and the roof was painted a dull grey. ACI labels and reweigh data from Microscale and ICGDecals.com completed the lettering.
The roof was weathered with a combination of oils and chalks, as described by Quinn's Weathering Depot on a What's Neat This Week video, while the sides were done with Tamiya panel line washes, and chalks. Everything was sealed in with an artist’s Fixative ( tinyurl.com/bdshx7md ), which is like dullcoat, but is specifically designed for chalks, and doesn’t hide the colors when dry like dullcoat does.
Anyway, I know that it’s not perfect (what is?), but it’s not half bad for a $10 shake-the-box kit with factory paint!