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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Oct 15, 2020 19:01:38 GMT
I finished this Long Island boxcar today. It is a Weaver Scale O car with Weaver style MTH trucks and couplers. I painted it with Scalecoat II boxcar red. The decals are Tichy decals. I find these decals are kind of time consuming to work with. I had to do the white glue bit to get the logo to stay flat. I tried four different decal setting solutions and the decals resisted them all. It came out okay. I gave it two coats of gloss clear coat and then a final flat finish... Tom   |
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Post by jimk on Oct 15, 2020 19:15:56 GMT
Tom,
Looks very good like all your endeavors. Please keep sharing!
Jim K
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Post by Country Joe on Oct 15, 2020 19:34:18 GMT
Tom, the car came out a lot better than okay. I think it looks great.
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Post by ptc on Oct 15, 2020 20:03:00 GMT
Your work keeps getting better and better, Tom.
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Oct 15, 2020 21:09:00 GMT
Thanks guys!
Brian, the passenger car is coming soon! Just waiting for the decals to arrive!
Tom
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Post by rcs226e on Oct 16, 2020 11:43:41 GMT
Another great looking job Tom.
I was wondering if your adding weight to any of these cars while you have them apart? I know the Weaver and Crown and some others are very light.
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Post by Adam on Oct 16, 2020 11:45:24 GMT
The car turned out great Tom. Good job!
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Post by josef on Oct 16, 2020 12:22:10 GMT
I finished this Long Island boxcar today. It is a Weaver Scale O car with Weaver style MTH trucks and couplers. I painted it with Scalecoat II boxcar red. The decals are Tichy decals. I find these decals are kind of time consuming to work with. I had to do the white glue bit to get the logo to stay flat. I tried four different decal setting solutions and the decals resisted them all. It came out okay. I gave it two coats of gloss clear coat and then a final flat finish... Tom Never having worked with Tichy Decals, is this a know or inherited problem not sticking to a glossy finish?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2020 13:09:03 GMT
Great job as usual!
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Post by dennym57 on Oct 16, 2020 13:55:54 GMT
Nice work Tom. I don't think my hands are steady enough to pull that off.
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Oct 16, 2020 15:34:12 GMT
Thanks guys!
Randy, the cars come with weights in them for the most part. This car is heavier than a comparable MTH car, especially when I add the die cast trucks. Some of the Weaver cars will need weights however....
Josef, Tichy provides the special instructions as their propensity to not stick is known. They say it only occurs on the larger, multicolor decals, but I have had it happen with single color decals that are on the large side. They are okay to work with, just use their directions...
Tom
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2020 13:10:37 GMT
Another fine piece of work Tom!! Gary.  |
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Post by 4dogsinjersey on Oct 19, 2020 2:36:14 GMT
Thanks Gary!
Started two more cars today. A Ontario Northland and a Pacific Electric boxcars.
Tom
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