N SCALE leading The Way PRECISION RAILROAD MODELS Into A New Era of Model Railroading. - C&NW I Lightning Stripe � 176-3302 C&NW I Lightning Stripe 176-3303 C&NW I Lightning Stripe No # 176-3304 UP I Large Shield 9702 176-3305 UP I Large Shield 9726 176-3306 UP I Large Shield No # C44-9W 176-3401 CSX I Blue-Yellow-Grey 9009 ACCURATE PROTOTYPE REPRODUCTIONS 176-3402 CSX I Blue-Yellow-Grey 9024 176-3403 CSX I Blue-Yellow-Grey OPERATING DITCH LIGHTS No # 176-3300 Undec/Low Numberboards "DCC-READY FRAME and WIRING" 176-3201 CN I North America 2502 EXCEPTIONAL DETAILING 176-3202 CN I North America 2503 TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE 176-3203 CN I North America No # SIX OF TODAY'S POPULAR RAILROADS 176-3501 SF I Warbonnet 600 176-3502 SF I Warbonnet 650 Please Note: Two grabirons (supplied with model plus two spares) will 176-3503 SF I Warbonnet No # need to be installed by hobbyist. Please check that these details are with model prior to purchase. 176-3601 SP I Speed Lettering 8100 176-3602 SP I Speed Lettering 8105 176-3603 SP I Speed Lettering No # ' rboards :K:.A.TOl KATO U.S.A., Inc. 176-3200 Undec/High Numbe � 11111 100 Remington Road I · Schaumburg, IL 60173 1111991' IDlum 8, Num If12 ALL SCALES: Techniques: Weathering Ta nk Cars with an airbrush .4 Your To p Tips, readers' "better ideas" for modeling ........................................51 Time Ca psule: Shoreham Shops, Minnesota, July 1978 on the ........................ 500 6 Operati ons: Standpipes for Unloading Ta nk Cars .... 16 Industry for Modelers: oil Dealer Depots ....... ........................25 layout Design: N SCALE: S SCALE: A Change of Scene-Modeling History's Diesel Modeling: Techniques: Mileposts: Hinton, West Virginia Missouri Pacific EMD GP38-2 from Scratchbuild a Standpipe for Unloading Kato's model ............................... .. Ta nk Cars, Build An Oil Depot, Circa 1956 and 1972 .....................33 .7 Index of all previous articles on Part V/II ..........................................20 modeling diesels .......................... ...60 locomotive Performance: HO SCALE: Modeling Freight Ca rs of the Fifties: Summary of All Previous Locomotive Modeling Freight Ca rs of the Fi fties: 50-Foot PS-l Box Cars, Circa 1948-1961, Te st Reports .....................................58 50-Foot PS-l Box Cars, Circa 1948-1961, Part V, from Micro-Trains Models ........8 Diesel Modeling: Part from InterMountain kits ............ V, 8 Techniques: Index of all previous articles on Mather 40 and 50-Foot Double-Deck Scratchbuild a Standpipe for Unloading modeling diesels .............. ................60 Stock Cars from Proto 2000 kits .......12 Ta nk Cars, Build An oil Depot, We stern Maryland Channel-Side 55-Ton .......................................... Part VIII 20 Hoppers from Stewart's kit ............... 28 la y out Tour: Techniques: John Plant and Art FrankForter's Hinton Scratchbuild A Standpipe for Unloading and CW Cabin on the Chesapeake DEPARTMENTS: Ta nk Cars, Build An oil Depot, and Ohio Railway's New River Experience - At Your Fingertips, .......................................... Part V/II ..................................... 20 Subdivision 30 more about what's in this issue, Modern Freight Ca r Modeling: locomotive Pe rformance: from articles in previous issues .........54 TC LX Covered Hopper from Walthers Summary of All Previous Locomotive Ca lendar ............................................56 ............................. ... .. 4427 PS Kit . Te st Reports ............. ...................... .. 42 58 What's New .......... " .. " ............ 59, 62-65 Penn Central PD3000 Covered Hopper from Overland Models' import .........43 layout Tour: o SCALE: Techniques: Ken Reigle's Chicago Great Western Scratchbuild a Standpipe for Unloading Railway .......................................... 44 Ta nk Cars, Build An Oil Depot, Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Part V/II .......................................... GE Dash 8-40BW as ATSF 507 From 20 locomotive Performance: Wa lthers or Rail Power Summary of All Previous Locomotive products models ...................... .... .. ..48 Te st Reports .......... ........................... locomotive Performance: 58 Diesel Modeling: Rivarossi USRA 'Heavy' 2-8-2 Index of all previous articles on Te st Report ...................................... 52 modeling diesels .............................. Summary of All Previous Locomotive 60 Te st Reports ........... ..........................58 Diesel Modeling: Index of all previous articles on modeling diesels ..............................60 RAllMODEL JOURNAL is published times a year by Golden Bell Press, Champa12 St., Denver, CO Price per single2403 copy is or per80205. year in the U.S.A. Individual$3.95, copy $28.00 prices higher in Canada and other countries. Foreign subscriptions for issues, payable in U.S. $36.00 12 funds. RAllMODEL JOURNAL, ISSN 1043-5441, copyright by Golden Bell Press. All rights 1997 reserved. Periodicals Postage paid at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Railmodel Champa St., Denver, CO Journal, 2403 80205. ------------- [YECHNIQUES]------------ By Robert Schleicher The blowing action of an airbrush makes it easy to duplicate the wind-blown and rain-washed effects of the environ­ ment on tank cars. Ta nk cars are excellent models to use to learn the art of weathering because it is nearly impossible to get them dirtier than the prototype cars. There's an index of previous articles on weathering with powClered pastel chalks and air brushes on pages 54-55 of this issue. Ta nk cars were exposed to the same wind­ blown and rain-washed grime as other freight cars, so start the weathering process by "dusting-on" an earth color around the trucks and on the tops of the running boards. Mix equal parts thinner and paint and adjust the paint flow so it barely mists­ on the color. It is easier to apply several dozen coats to build up the color than to remove an overdone weathering coat. This is a light beige earth shade, but cars that traveled in the south would have a redder color, cars in the midwest a brown shade. For all these techniques, keep the air­ brush moving so paint does not accumu­ late in splotches or highly visible streaks. Weathering is a subtle blend of colors that you should study to determine exactly what has changed from the original color of the car. The black paint weathers to a dull dark grey in the sun. Simulate that effect with a wash of equal parts thinner and medium gray. Apply the mist of grey to the tops of the tank and dome and the running boards, then run a few light passes around the circumference to simulate rain-washed oxidation. Ta nk cars from the diesel era are likley to have somewhat more grey resulting from sun-bleaching than cars from the steam era. Typically, less diesel exhaust than smoke and soot from the steam locomo­ tives, settle on the still-wet splashes of gasoline or oil. 4 RAIL MODE L JOURNAL • MAY 1 997 It is almost always difficult to read the lettering on tank cars that carry petroleum products. Obviously, tank cars assigned to carry crude oil to a refinery would be far blacker than a bright new car carrying gasoline. Still, the soot from steam locomotives and some diesel exhaust will accumulate on the spilled gasoline to give all but the newest tank car a black hue. Use the same "weathering" proportion of half thinner and half paint. Simulate stains from the dome by holding the airbrush an inch or so from the car so the paint actually runs down the dome and the side of the car. Simulate additional, but older, spills from the top of the car down the sides with the same technique and with the airbrush a few inches from the car. For a final touch, apply some streaks and dribbles of full-strength black paint down the sides of the dome and, in some cases, down the sides of the tank to simulate still­ wet oil or gasoline spills. If the car is car­ rying crude oil, you can use gloss black and tone down the shine with raw thinner. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 5 SHOREHAM SHOPS Minnesota, July 1978 [PAINT DECALS ]----------- ----------- & From Kato's N Scale Model By Buzz Lenander Prototype photo from the collection of Louis A. Marre Model photo by Robert Schleicher Bill of Materials Kato: EMD GP38-2 diesel Micro-Trains: 1125 Coupler conversion kit PAINTTestors & DECALS:Accuflex: 86 Microscale:MPBlue 60-113 decals RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 7 ----------- PAI T DECALS [ N & ]----------- Circa 1948-1961, Part V HO Scale by InterMountain N Scale by Micro-Trains By Ed Hawkins The cars on these pages are single-door cars with thewider nine-foot door openings and double-door cars. The InterMountain HO scale 50-foot box cars provide modelers withan opportunityto recreatesome of the most common freight cars of theera . Similar models are made in N scale by Micro-Trains. E & C Shops offersan HO scale version of the later(post-1961) cars with half-height ladder and no roofwalks. Micro-Trains also has N scale versions of this more modern car. Parts I and " of thisseries, with a full rosterof theearly double-door cars, appeared in theJune and August 1995 issues. PartsIII and IV,with models and prototypes forthe 50-foot single-door cars with 8-footdoors, appearedin theDecember 1995 and January 1996 issues. MEC 9358 (9350-9549). One of 200 50-foot PS-1 s built by Pullman Standard for Maine Central in June 1961, this car was painted green with yellow-orange lettering and aluminum door. An in-service color photo of a car in the same series was presented in the December 1995 issue of liThe Journal." This car has all the normal features of the pre-1960s PS-l, even though the H-60 Hydraframe version was available at the time these cars were built. -Pullman Standard photo, courtesy James Kinkaid of Freight Cars Journal HO Scale Decals: Walthers 934-63210 N Scale Decals: Northeast MEC-1 1 8 RAILMOliEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 KCS 1518 (1500-1 599).