Paint Shop – 96 : Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway Boxcar 505, part 1

: MNS 505

This time, I’ll introduce a “North Star State” railroad−a railroad originated and terminated within the state of Minnesota−boxcar decorated with K4 Decal: Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railway #505.

Railroad Picture Archives web site had several photos of MNS boxcars painted boxcar red: #500 had Pullman door and #505 had Youngstown door in the photos. Accordingly, I decided to make #505, as the MTL body I prepared for the model had Youngstown doors.

* 1985 photo of MNS #505 found at RRPictureArchives.NET site;
* 1978 photo of MNS #500 found at RRPictureArchives.NET site;

I used a surplus MTL 50' Standard Box Car, 10’ Single Door w/o roof walk, short ladders for the model. I did nothing with the body.

I first spray-painted the body with the surfacer, and next with Tamiya TS-33. Before applying decals, I polished the surface of the painted body, where decals were going to be applied, with the compound.

Decal used is the K4 “Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Boxcars”. I cut the letterings out from the sheet considering the side panel joints to eliminate the edge of the decal film. ACI plate is the Microscale product. I finally spray painted the semi-gloss clear coat after applying the decals to finish my work.


今回は、ミネソタ州内で完結していた鉄道の車両の紹介である。やはりK4製デカールを用いた制作である。

取り上げた鉄道は、Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern Railwayという、ミネアポリスおよびその近郊を結んでいた小鉄道である。#505は、Railroad Picture Archivesに収録されている車両の内、モデルに用いたMTL 50' Standard Box Car, 10’ Single Door w/o roof walk, short laddersにもっとも近いスタイルの個体である。

基となった製品は上に記したとおりMTL 50' Standard Box Car, 10’ Single Door w/o roof walk, short ladders。何も加工していない。

塗装はタミヤ製缶スプレーTS-33。いつものようにデカールを貼る箇所は塗装後コンパウンドで磨いておく。今回用いたデカールはK4社製“Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Boxcars”。できるかぎり側面鋼板の継ぎ目に合わせて台紙から切り抜き、フィルムのエッジを目立たなくする。

最後に、側面は半光沢、屋根はつや消しのクリアを吹いて仕上げた。