Paint Shop – 46 : Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Boxcar 42076, part 1

: Encino, NM. Sep. 13, 2015

Last year, I found an ATSF Dharuma-san, a boxcar without tracks, at Encino, New Mexico. Number still remaining on the body proved this boxcar as one of ATSF 42000 to 42749 series Bx-72 class XM. San Francisco Chief slogan was still a charm for me. Accordingly, I tried to restore it to original condition in a model.

1979 photo of #42116 with Ship and Travel slogan from the same class is found in the book ATSF Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment by Morning Sun Books. This MSCG also has photos of #42495 with Texas Chief slogan and #42663 with The Chief slogan from the same class.

I also found the 1979 photo of #42059 with San Francisco Chief slogan at Railroad Picture Archives site.

: body ready to paint

I used stock MTL 031 series 50’ Standard Single Door Boxcar for the model. I changed the doors with Pullman doors copied from Atlas Master PS-1 40’ Boxcar. Side panel joints are corrected based on the prototype. I also cut the side sills referring to the prototype. I changed the assorted MTL roller bearing tracks with surplus Athearn Bettendorf tracks.

I painted the body with Tamiya splay TS-69, a little more brownish than Tamiya TS-33. Ends and roof were painted black. Before applying decals, I polished the surface of the painted body, where decals were going to be applied, with compound.

Decal used is Microscale #60-506. San Francisco Chief slogan is applied on side to the right from the B-end based on Santa Fe Car Slogans list at Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society web site. Semi-gloss clear coat is sprayed after decal is applied.

* 1979 photo of #42059 at Railroad Picture Archives site;

: ATSF 42076


昨夏にニューメキシコ州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Santa Feの50フィートボックスカー #42076である。かろうじて遺るプロトタイプの番号などからATSFのBx-72クラス・42000〜42749の１両であることが分かった。

模型にはMTL製50’ Standard Single Door Boxcarを用いた。扉はAtlas製PS-1 40’ Boxcarに附属のパーツを複製・加工したものに交換。車体側面に表現されていたパネル割を削り、プロトタイプのパネル割をカッターナイフで罫書き表現してみた。側面裾もプロトタイプに合わせ削っている。

今回は参考にした画像を基に、いつものタミヤTS-33より少し暗いタミヤTS-69で塗装した。屋根・妻板は黒。レタリングにはMicroscale製デカール #60-506を用いている。ATSFのboxcarにおいて列車名のスローガンはB端から見て左側に記されるのが基本だが、この車両では右側に記される。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。