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Unpainted roofs a new method (to me at least)

Charlie Duckworth
 

 Ed Hawkins and I exchanged emails on the roofs on the CB&Q 40’ Intermountain boxcar I’m building.  The car built by the railroad are thought to have been unpainted galvanized panels. The ribs were steel and being prone to rust were (probably) painted.  I wanted to break up the colors of the panels slightly and used Vallejo white, sea grey and blue to vary the hues.  Obviously some of the grey paint ended up on the ribs so I used a sewing needle in a pin vise and was able to scribe it along the raised area of the rib and the flat panel.  This cleaned up the paint and I could use the pin to scrape off any paint on the rib as well. 

Here’s a couple images. 


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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.
Paul Doggett
 

Charlie 

That’s really great work.

Paul Doggett 


On 7 May 2022, at 14:38, Charlie Duckworth <omahaduck@...> wrote:



 Ed Hawkins and I exchanged emails on the roofs on the CB&Q 40’ Intermountain boxcar I’m building.  The car built by the railroad are thought to have been unpainted galvanized panels. The ribs were steel and being prone to rust were (probably) painted.  I wanted to break up the colors of the panels slightly and used Vallejo white, sea grey and blue to vary the hues.  Obviously some of the grey paint ended up on the ribs so I used a sewing needle in a pin vise and was able to scribe it along the raised area of the rib and the flat panel.  This cleaned up the paint and I could use the pin to scrape off any paint on the rib as well. 

Here’s a couple images. 

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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.
O Fenton Wells
 

Good stuff Charlie, thanks for sharing
Fenton

On Sat, May 7, 2022 at 9:38 AM Charlie Duckworth <omahaduck@...> wrote:

 Ed Hawkins and I exchanged emails on the roofs on the CB&Q 40’ Intermountain boxcar I’m building.  The car built by the railroad are thought to have been unpainted galvanized panels. The ribs were steel and being prone to rust were (probably) painted.  I wanted to break up the colors of the panels slightly and used Vallejo white, sea grey and blue to vary the hues.  Obviously some of the grey paint ended up on the ribs so I used a sewing needle in a pin vise and was able to scribe it along the raised area of the rib and the flat panel.  This cleaned up the paint and I could use the pin to scrape off any paint on the rib as well. 

Here’s a couple images. 


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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.



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Fenton Wells
250 Frye Rd
Pinehurst NC 28374
910-420-8106
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Nelson Moyer
 

The base color looks really good for fresh galvanized metal. Dirty it up with weathering and I think you’re right on.

 

From the photos of painted ribs on unpainted roofs, the painters weren’t too fastidious about straight lines, so a little slop is prototypical. I’ve used a black fine tip marker for ribs coated with car cement.

 

Nelson Moyer

 

 

 

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 Ed Hawkins and I exchanged emails on the roofs on the CB&Q 40’ Intermountain boxcar I’m building.  The car built by the railroad are thought to have been unpainted galvanized panels. The ribs were steel and being prone to rust were (probably) painted.  I wanted to break up the colors of the panels slightly and used Vallejo white, sea grey and blue to vary the hues.  Obviously some of the grey paint ended up on the ribs so I used a sewing needle in a pin vise and was able to scribe it along the raised area of the rib and the flat panel.  This cleaned up the paint and I could use the pin to scrape off any paint on the rib as well. 

Here’s a couple images. 


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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.
Bill Keene
 

Charlie, Lookin’ Good!

Thank you for adding to my meager modeling knowledge base. 

Cheers & Happy Modeling
Bill Keene
Irvine, CA


On May 7, 2022, at 6:37 AM, Charlie Duckworth <omahaduck@...> wrote:

 Ed Hawkins and I exchanged emails on the roofs on the CB&Q 40’ Intermountain boxcar I’m building.  The car built by the railroad are thought to have been unpainted galvanized panels. The ribs were steel and being prone to rust were (probably) painted.  I wanted to break up the colors of the panels slightly and used Vallejo white, sea grey and blue to vary the hues.  Obviously some of the grey paint ended up on the ribs so I used a sewing needle in a pin vise and was able to scribe it along the raised area of the rib and the flat panel.  This cleaned up the paint and I could use the pin to scrape off any paint on the rib as well. 

Here’s a couple images. 

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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.
Lester Breuer
 

.Like the finished look. Thanks for sharing.  

Lester Breuer
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