St. Louis Southwestern Cotton Belt Wood Reefer (Restoration)


TrucTrain55

Well-Known Member
This is another old Mantua Wood Reefer Restoration. I Custom made the decals by copying some old Champ Decals. Cleaned and repainted it. This is what I have so far.

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Hand Painted the Reefer doors not the best but it’s the best I can do with my eyes and arthritis hands. Also painted the undercarriage, trucks and couplers. It’s almost done

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Excellent job on the decals ... Glad to see a "SSW" car again!
Addition of individual grab irons, rather than the cast on, would have been great; I understand the hand/ sight issue.
All in all- Nice Work.
 



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