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Last of my Mopac SS boxcars

Charlie Duckworth
 

You’re probably thinking “thank God he’s finally finished posting Mopac boxcars”.  Here’s my last Sunshine Models MP SS boxcar.  I’d dug out four photos Joe Collias had printed for me as reference for decal placement and noticed one of the cars had the two end panels replaced. Nice variation to the string of similar cars.  Note too the seam cap is also unpainted on one end.  I added a couple views of my Eldon, Missouri Rock Island yard  still need to add a stock yard by the grain elevator  


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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.
Paul Doggett
 

Charlie 

Yet another stunning model.

Paul Doggett 


On 24 Sep 2022, at 13:04, Charlie Duckworth via groups.io <Worth51@...> wrote:



You’re probably thinking “thank God he’s finally finished posting Mopac boxcars”.  Here’s my last Sunshine Models MP SS boxcar.  I’d dug out four photos Joe Collias had printed for me as reference for decal placement and noticed one of the cars had the two end panels replaced. Nice variation to the string of similar cars.  Note too the seam cap is also unpainted on one end.  I added a couple views of my Eldon, Missouri Rock Island yard  still need to add a stock yard by the grain elevator  


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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.

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Tim O'Connor
 


Another excellent build. I especially like the roof weathering !  :-)

On 9/24/2022 8:04 AM, Charlie Duckworth via groups.io wrote:

You’re probably thinking “thank God he’s finally finished posting Mopac boxcars”.  Here’s my last Sunshine Models MP SS boxcar.  I’d dug out four photos Joe Collias had printed for me as reference for decal placement and noticed one of the cars had the two end panels replaced. Nice variation to the string of similar cars.  Note too the seam cap is also unpainted on one end.  I added a couple views of my Eldon, Missouri Rock Island yard  still need to add a stock yard by the grain elevator  


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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.

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Tim O'Connor
Sterling, Massachusetts
Jim Ogden
 

Charlie, you just got my appetite going for MoPac boxcars….keep on posting!

Jim Ogden
golden1014
 

Those MoPac cars look great Charlie.  I have two MoPac cars on the workbench right now.  What color did you use?  I’ve been using Tru Color but it’s awfully dark.

Thanks,
John Golden
Robert Allan
 

Interesting variant in roof treatment. Also glad to see the roof walk looks a little battered and uneven in the proto photo.   Layout looks wonderful.

Bob Allan
Omaha
Charlie Duckworth
 

John
Ed Hawkins recommended using TruColor 188 which is labeled as a MKT freight car brown.   I add a few drops of ART yellow to lighten it up. 
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Charlie Duckworth 
Omaha, Ne.

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