Best of luck with the painting. Brush or Airbrush ???!!!

Some parts I think can only be brush painted so its paint, wait for it to dry and paint again

The internals of the cab are many and it seem a shame that once the windows and roof have been added you will not be able to see them all (and our hard work and skill in the construction !!) so I think I will modify the roof so that it can be removed easily to display what is inside

Is it the bad asbestos, there are lots of types and only one is dangerous.

Sorry to hear that, hope it all goes smoothly and there are no unforseen problems.

Looks like a busy weekend (or two)

Just keep the coffee pot full

As you know I have been painting as I go along with my build. Some of the parts are small and if not stuck down tend to leave the spraying area if not secured.
Double sided tape is handy

painting painting painting. While we are waiting for the paint to dry lets focus on a couple of other things.

I am adding a boxcar and caboose to the train and it will be displayed on a trestles bridge.

So finding a boxcar kit from the 1860s proved to be just as tough as finding a caboose.My good friend and fellow Jupiter builder Gil told me that OCCRE just released a boxcar.So I placed an order from Spain and a week later it showed up on my doorstep.

As you can see in the picture this is a pretty nice 1920s 4 wheel boxcar.
In 1860s boxcars were generally 4 wheel and fairly small since the engines were not very powerful and in fact if they were pulling more than a handful of boxcars usually there were 2 engines used, especially if there was an incline involved in the route.

Since making the wheel bogeys is the hardest part I figured this kit would work for.I just have to rebuild the top of the boxcar to match 1860s construction. THis means not using a lot of the metal framing and getting rid of the buffers.It also means using different wood patterns.

Still looks a nice addition even if it is still slightly out of the correct time frame

yes Gil,
I found a website that offers plans for g scale caboose.I decided not to buy them because I wound have to scale them down to 1/32 scale.And I am cheap.

So I figured I would use the pictures on the website below as a guide only.I have a cheap Bachmann G scale plastic caboose (I took a picture of it earlier on).I plan on using the bogeys from this, but cutting the base and making it shorter and then scratchbuilding the body of the caboose using the website as a guide.

Here is the link to the 1860s style 4 wheel caboose

http://www.gouldstudios.com/loco_caboose41.html

I can get you the information on the caboose I bought if you need it.

Carl

Finally the paint arrived.Now I can finish painting the cab and tender.it came all the way from Japan- that is why it took so long.

Now that I had the outlines of the doors and vents on the wagon sides I used a drill to do a rough cut of the openings.I then cleaned up the openings with a file and installed a frame.I put the floor in place inside the wagon and stained it.I then applied sheets of siding with 2.5 mm vertical spacing lines on it to give the appearance of wood planks.

In the final picture I am installing the axles and brake supports and test fitting the roof beams.I will paint the interior of the wagon before installing the roof.

Looking good Carl, looking forward to seeing it with some paint on