Carter Bros. Combo boxcar

[TRAINS1941]

Holy Sh*t Batman!!

That is some beautiful work.

Must be fun to work in a scale that uses big tools to do things.

Jerry

[lab-dad]

Thanks guys!

Rick, cant wait to go home and watch that video! I'll have to look and see if there are any others or similar.

Jerry, I was thinking I need to invest in some "proper" sized tools.
Kinda silly cutting 1/8th or 1/4" material on 10" tools!

-Marty

[EZnKY]

I LOVE it Marty!!!!

[finescalerr]

Preac makes or made a terrific miniature saw. They also had an equally good miniature drill press. I have the latter and bought it when one I got from Micro Mark proved to be junk. -- Russ

[lab-dad]

I finally watched the video Rick linked in an earlier post;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpxjg34gJV0

You can also search YT for "California Narrow Gauge"
Thats what I did so I could watch it on the big TV.

I really enjoyed it!
Lots of good history and great images of a car being built and the shops.
I highly recommend it!
-Marty

[Allan G]

Love to look at boxcar bones........wonderful.....Allan

[lab-dad]

Quick update

Initial deck coloring.


And truss rod testing.


-Marty

[TRAINS1941]

Love that color.  I see the truss rods are threaded Chuck will approve of this feature for sure.

Jerry

[Allan G]

Love those bones. Allan

[JohnTolcher]

Beautiful work, Marty.

[lab-dad]

Thanks guys!

I'm still working on things here and there as well as waiting for parts.
I went ahead and started the siding.
Here is one end with the siding on.

Inside


Outside


Not much but it's going.........

-Marty

[TRAINS1941]

Love that weathering.  The red came out real nice.

Is that the Red Oxide??

Jerry

[Chuck Doan]

What paint did you wind up using?

[lab-dad]

Liquitex acrylic oxide red.

[Bill Gill]

Nice color, Marty., inside and out. How did you like using the Liquitex acrylic? Was it in jar or tube?