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"...if you're humming P's without slurring..."
"...then you know you're groovin' with the Reefer Man"
This car started from an Accurail undecorated kit. The underframe and trucks are painted black using Stynylrez primer black. The silver paint is Stynylrez SNR-212 METAL. I think the silver turned out to be the best looking silver color for reefers painted like this.
Trucks are 40 ton from Tahoe Model Works. Couplers are Kadee whisker scale head with the uncoupling pin removed.
Decals are my own design printed by Precision Design Co.
After the car was painted silver, It received an Alclad Aqua Gloss clear gloss coat. The truck frames got the same clear coat treatment as the car. This gloss coat dries VERY fast, but cures fully after about 6 hours. I waited the 6+ hours and then applied the decals. An hour after applying the decals, I shot the car again with Aqua Gloss and then with my Tamiya satin finish mixture including the truck frames. Wheels and couplers were weathered with pigments.
Bergen, Norway on June 2017.
Name:Silver River
IMO:9359650
Flag:Antigua & Barbuda
MMSI:304135000
Callsign:V2PI
Vessel type:Reefer
Gross tonnage:3,538 tons
Summer DWT:2,500 tons
Length:83 m, Beam:16 m,
Draught:5.9 m
Home port:Saint John's
Build year:2007
Before air freight and the highways took control, the railroads moved premium perishable shipments in refrigerator cars or express reefers.
ARGENTINEAN REEFER
...ex TAVEUNI
DNK
OWNERS: Rederiet Ocean A/S
Port of Registry: DNK Esbjerg
IDNo:5023239
Year:1941
Name:ARGENTINEAN REEFER
Keel:
Type:Cargo ship (ref)
Launch Date:20.4.40
Flag:DNK
Date of completion:8.1.41
Tons:2826
Link:1004
DWT:3355
Yard No:67
Length overall:114.0
Ship Design:
LPP:107.3
Country of build:DNK
Beam:15.7
Builder:Aalborg Vaerft
Material of build:
Location of yard:Aalborg
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn):2D-15.5
Naval or paramilitary marking :
A:*
End:1973
Subsequent History:
[commissioned 7.45] - 68 TAVEUNI - 72 WAN LEE
Disposal Data:
BU Kaohsiung 23.4.73 [Chow's Iron & Steel Corp]
Details: Mirimar Ship Index
Photo Credits: With many thanks to the late Walter E. Frost and families