Here we have a scratchbuilt Pennsylvania X-33 Automobile Boxcar in its as delivered paint scheme. This car was built using parts from an old Crestline/Walthers boxcar kit the had been scavenged for parts. I found this in a box of trains a bought and decided I could do the sides and underframe through scratchbuilding. I found several great photographs of these cars and used them for my guide in building and lettering them.
The car has Kadee couplers, and Cal-scale, Keil-Line, Selley Custom Finishes, and Walthers ends and other parts to complete the car. The underframe has a complete brake piping system along with the linkage. The paint is Floquil and the decals are Champion. I used a marking wheel on poster board to make the rivets for the sides. The round roof was in the box of trains and I cut it to the proper length for this car as I did the underframe piece. I had a lot of fun with building this car and it was built to operate on my 2-rail layout. Hope you like this one too.
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