A couple of NP boxcars (HO scale)


Yannis

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Hi all,

I finished work on a project of mine concerning modification of two Trix/Marklin boxcars to NP prototypes. Following some work with styrene on the sills, the cars were painted with Tamiya/Gunze paints. I used Microscale's decals for early and late NP schemes. The roofs were painted with Alclad2. The early car has uniform rust spots, while the late car has uneven rust development.

Thanks in advance for stopping by!
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Jim and Sherrel, thank you both for the kind words! I like both styles for different reasons, the earlier one for the "main-street" script and the vintage/retro-look, and the later one for the billboard, since the large billboard sort of defines (in my mind) my era (late 60s - early 70s).
 
The later with the large N.P. Monad is too late for my 1953 modeling date. I still like it though as I remember the large Monad as if it where yesterday!
 



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