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Here’s an update on the M-I car. Got the Superior doors glued in and painted the car yesterday with TCP-118 which is a brown freight car color. Then two coats of Tamiya clear airbrushed for decalling. Looking at the prototype photos I realized I’d left off the small reinforcement plates on the right and left lower sides of the doorway. So I got out the broadside view from the Mopac color guide and made up four plates from .005 clear plastic (you don’t need to use clear but its all I had on hand). I scraped away the paint from the areas were the plates would be glued and used Tamiya Ultra thin plastic cement to fix them to the carbody.
After they dried, I used Tamiya white putty to go over any dents in the drying process and lightly sanded the putty smooth. Archer decal rivets were used to replicate the rivets on the prototype. After the rivets were dry I went over them with a light coat of Future acrylic floor wax using a small brush as the acrylic coat ensures the decal don’t rub off easily’ then airbrushed the newly finished plates with the TCP-118 and started decaling the car.
Just some background as to why the model has the initial MP and not M-I; the M-I was merged into the MP in 1976 along with the T&P and C&EI and their equipment was slowly re-stencilled MP. Since I’m operating the branch as a Mopac looked in 1980 the car would probably have MP reporting marks by this date.
Next update will be on weathering and finishing the car.
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