A couple of NP boxcars (HO scale)

[Yannis]

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!

 

[montanan]

Excellent work. Send them over. They'll fit right in with my all Northern Pacific trian I'll be running at our club open house later next month.

 

[Yannis]

Many thanks Chet for the kind words! Heh that would be nice, car ferry over the Atlantic!

 

[Rico]

Great looking cars Yannis, I love the fading!

 

[logandsawman]

Nice job on the freight cars!

 

[Greg@mnrr]

Great job on the weathering.....just the right amount and very realistic work.

Greg

 

[Yannis]

Many thanks to all. It is nice to see these cars back on the layout after many years in the parts' box.

 

[NP2626]

Very nice weathering jobs!

 

[Yannis]

Thank you very much Mark!

 

[max diyer]

Very realistic weathering! I like them a lot.
Good work Yannis!

Jim

 

[Sirfoldalot]

Both are Great looking, but I prefer the "older style" lettering and logo.

 

[Yannis]

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).

 

[NP2626]

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!