I picked one of my Union Pacific boxcar projects to enter this next time. Here is the story:
This boxcar was another badly neglected Athearn boxcar I found at the local train show. It was missing most of its detail parts and had no trucks or couplers on it. After stripping the sides of their old markings and paint, I sanded them down to remove the rust and then painted them with rustproofing primer. I will often do this with badly rusted car sides I find. Several years ago when Richard Meyer passed away his widow Connie began to sell off the remainder of the Champion Decals they still had on hand. I picked up several Union Pacific decals from the 1950's. After doing some research online I found some Oregon Short Line boxcars and thought these would be a neat model to create with this car. So here is the completed project. The trucks are USH diecast trucks with MDC couplers. There is Plastruct details, Selley custom finishes, and Cal-Scale parts to complete the detailing under the frame. I use brass wire to complete the piping and brake details along with small sections of chain and other brass pieces for the underframe detail.
