Paint Shop – 44 : Denver & Rio Grande Western Boxcar 63767, part 1

: Sevier County, UT Sep. 15, 2014

I found a boxcar repainted and under rebuilding to a cottage at Big Rocky Candy Mountain Resort in Utah. As I wrote previously, this boxcar is proved to be DRGW XL #63767[1]. Accordingly, I tried to restore it to original condition in a N scale model.

1964 photo of #63798 is found in the book Rio Grande Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment. I also found the 1981 prototype photo of similar #63704 at Railroad Picture Archives site. Of course, photos I took at the site helped me modeling it.

I used stock Athearn PS-1 Double Door Boxcar for the model. I changed the ends with copied and modified MTL 51’ 3¾” Mechanical Reefer ends to represent 4/4 pressed improved Dreadnaught ends. Roof is changed with diagonal panel roof copied from Athearn NACC boxcar. Brake wheel and roofwalk are MTL parts. Short ladder applied after painting is a copy from InterMountain separate parts. Stirrup under the short ladder is a BLMA product.

I first painted the body with orange Tamiya TS-56 spray. Next was the silver TS-30, and finally the black. I polished the surface of the painted body, where decals were going to be applied, with compound. Decal used is Microscale #60-82. Semi-gloss clear coat is sprayed after decal is applied.

[1] 2014 photos of DRGW #63767 at my Photo Archives web page;
* 1981 photo of DRGW #63704 found at RR Picture Archives site;
* decal I used;

: body ready to paint


ユタ州の山中で見つけた貨車について、模型でそのオリジナルの姿を復元してみた。今回復元した車両はRio Grandeの50フィートボックスカー #63767である。

模型にはAthearn製PS-1 Double Door Boxcarを用いた。妻板をMTL製51’ 3¾” Mechanical Reeferから複製・加工したものに取り替え、プロトタイプの4/4 pressed improved Dreadnaught endにしている。屋根はAthearn製NACC boxcarから複製・加工したdiagonal panelに交換した。ハンドブレーキやルーフ・ウォークはMTL製パーツである。

最初にタミヤTS-56でオレンジ、次にTS-30でシルバー、最後に妻面に黒を吹き付け塗装した。レタリングはMicroscale #60-82を用いている。いつもどおり半光沢のクリアコートを最後に吹いて仕上げた。