Quick Fix and Interior Detailed!

Another project car completed.

Peter Mumby gave me three hospital cars that all needed some loving. One has been completed and now on the layout, this is the second one. I think it is a F&C resin kit but with no detail on the underbody. It was painted, lettered and weathered but the couplers were broken and the brake wheel stem bent and wheel missing. It has a nice pair of Kadee trucks. So I began by adding a new brake wheel stem and wheel, followed by fixing couplers. I gave the underbody, ends and truck side frames a coat of AK railroad wash.

The wheels received a coat of coffee bean brown by Folk Art which looked pretty good with a bit of black powder applied once dry. I should mention I gave the car a coat of flat clear prior to doing any weathering as I was not sure how the project would unfold (or if it would need just powders or painting).

Most of my time spent on the model was to detail the gondola interior and add some extra weathering after the repairs. I used a good amount of Monster Model Works tie plates.

I think the car looks really good now with an interesting load of leftovers that the carmen will need to clean up when it returns home. Thanks Peter for the nice car and a project that sidetracked me, (I am suppose to be rebuilding the diamond area of the layout)...George Dutka

Brake wheel and couplers are attached. I did have to fix the weathering a bit.

AK railroad wash is applied to the underbody, steel car ends and truck side frames. 

The interior is being worked on now.

Some old ties, skids, tie plates and scrap bracing blocks are added to the interior. I also added some real cinders from St. Thomas museum Caso yard and some Arizona Rock yard ballast that I crushed with a hammer first. HO ballast is a bit course, hitting it with a hammer helps.

Those are 3-D printed garbage bags that I used. I did add a bit of powders to the floor before beginning the detailing.

The Reading car is a nice looking model.

Ready to roll.