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I picked up this Branchline (now Atlas) CB&Q 40′ boxcar at a local train show a couple of weekends ago. It was a bright Chinese Red. To fade the paint I went over the sides and ends with white oil paint (water based, brushed on). The oil paint doesn’t leave any brush marks and if it’s not what you like it can be easily removed with mineral spirits. After the oils dried I sprayed the car with a Dullcote mix of 90% Dullcote and 10% grimy black and roof brown. I airbrushed around the seams, lower part of the car and around the ladders more than the sides.
The roof walk was removed and I sprayed the roof with Tamiya primer gray to denote an unpainted, galvanized roof. Oils were used for the rust patches with a military dry pigment added to show ‘serious’ rust. After the roof oils were dry it was over sprayed again with the 90/19 Dullcote mixed I mentioned above.
COTS, U-1 and ACI decals were added to bring the car up to the late 1970’s.
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