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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 11 years 8 months ago #2603

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	I di believe it was a Robin's Rail PS-1 car that made the best representation for the XLj (the 3rd) There was a good article on the prototype in January 83 Railroad Model Craftsman. No suggestion as to what model to use.... (How could that be 31 years ago, something t'aint right here)Here is an end view of 20186
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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 11 years 7 months ago #2800

JLandT Railroad OFFLINE Brakeman Posts: 21	Managed to order 6 off eBay and a decal set from Accurail. Hopefully will have them a week or so. Has anybody else managed to find any elsewhere? I looked on the Accurail website but the RDG section doesn't have the "Buy Now" button...
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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 11 years 7 months ago #2801

2771-chris OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 634 Thank you received: 94	I picked up one yesterday.It compares nicely with the picture that Rob posted,paint and lettering faded as if the car has seen 10 plus years of service.I plan on repainting and decaling mine.If you model Conrail some weathering is all the car needs.
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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 11 years 7 months ago #2802

JLandT Railroad OFFLINE Brakeman Posts: 21	Thats good to know Chris, look forward to getting them onto the layout. I have also ordered a few undecorated 60' Boxcars that I will be doing in a similar RDG scheme. I have a fairly good CR Rolling Stock fleet, but the RDG was suffering until know. What's the plan for repainting and decals? Need to make them newer?
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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 11 years 7 months ago #2803

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Here's a picture comparing the paint and decals on the new accurail model and an accurail car of the same 5700 series I did some months ago.I experimented with the 40ft banner decals offered by the RDG modeler...I tried stretching them to fit the 50fter but couldn't get them to look right.So,I just applied the 40fters.

My plan is to repaint using ScalecoatII RDG green and decal in the same scheme using some Herald King decals.

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Accurail 50 Foot Welded Boxcars 11 years 7 months ago #2804

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	Chris, If you get a chance, could you please direct the camera toward the end of those cars. Would like to check that out. Thanks Rob
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