New project….,

Here’s the next project on the workbench, this Athearn 50’ Rock Island boxcar:

This guy will hopefully be turned into this when finished:

I just started on this one yesterday, with the underside primarily being done with a mixture of Vallejo black-grey paint plus medium brown. When dry, a brown wash was dabbed over the underside and while wet brown pigment was applied to that creating this built up dirt and grime look:

In the meantime, the trucks were finished with a spray of roof brown followed by a light dusting of light rust. I’ll apply a light coat of track rust pigment over this as well to finish the trucks:

Next up was applying some light rust paint on several panels where chipping medium will be applied to simulate the peeling paint on the prototype:

Today I’ll apply the chipping medium followed by a faded blue-grey top coat, then peel a bit of paint off, actually scrape a bit of paint off to reveal the rust ! Stay tuned for more progress as I finish this one up for eBay….