Enjoy this latest helping of freight cars that I recently built.
Here are two recent boxcar projects I completed. Both are Pennsylvania X43b PS-1 boxcars. I realized I had only two Pennsylvania freight cars on my layout. Since I am modeling the Northern Wisconsin area and Upper Peninsula of Michigan I realized there were a number of Pennsylvania freight cars that came across the Straits of Mackinaw on the ferries to the UP (Upper Peninsula).
First we have a model of a 1960 rebuild of an X43b with the shadow keystone emblem and the larger Pennsylvania lettering. This was a Reynolds boxcar kit that had the wrong lettering and markings for another Pennsylvania car. I stripped the car and repainted it with this scheme along with adding additional details such as cut levers, air hoses, and brake system details. I used Selley Custom Finishes, Cal-Scale, Plastruct, and Keil-Line parts to achieve the details desired.
The second car in a Pennsylvania X43b in the as delivered paint scheme. These cars were first introduced to the PRR in 1950 through mid-1951. This was another rescued Athearn boxcar found at a local train show for a couple of bucks. Again it received the "Thayer" treatment of stripping to the bare metal and restoring the paint job. I used Scalecoat paint and Champion Decals for the detailing and lettering. The other details on the car were added using Selley Custom Finishes, Cal-Scale, Plastruct, and Keil--Line parts.
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