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After I sanded the sides smooth, I put a sewing needle in a pin vice and scribed the vertical and horizontal lines. To smooth the edges on these lines I went over the sides with 0000 steel wool. I need to add some Evergreen plastic below the door track and along the bottom of the carbody and then paint it.
Here’s the prototype paint specs from Ed Hawkins.
ACF lot 5381A:
Glidden Freight Car Red (red-oxide shade) – sides, ends, trucks
Black car cement – underframe
Unpainted galvanized steel – roof, running boards, brake step
Yellow – journal box lids
White – stencils
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