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Regular poster 221 posts Roger Litwiller Regular poster 221 posts
Roger Litwiller

Ending 2018 with a few “Work-in-Progress” projects. 

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With a few personal changes in 2018, including two cats leaving the house with our daughter, I have been able to return to model railroading and work on my layout, The Trenton Subdivision in N Scale. 
 
One project in particular I had been excited to start was the rebuilding of two passenger coaches and changing their colours to VIA Rail. 
 
 
 
First is an old Rivarossi (6 room/10 roomettes) sleeper. I had picked this up at a train show. It already had a “custom” paint job. The paint was so thick that almost all detail was gone and miss identified as a diner. 
 
With great effort I was able to remove the paint using brake fluid and an old tooth brush. There were some exceptional details waiting to be discovered under all the paint. 
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The second project is to convert a Bachman Superdome, also to VIA Rail colours. The manufacturers paint was easily removed with nail polish remover and a Q-tip. 
 
I sanded off the corrugated roof to reflect VIA’s smooth tops. I have left the corrugated sides on the car, concerned about loosing too much detail in the vents and windows. 
 
I have applied Rapido’s VIA Rail Blue by airbrush to both shells. First time using Rapido Paints, worked well, colour is excellent. 
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In the new year I will finish painting the roofs, ends and underneath black. 
 
I have MicroScale VIA Rail decals on hand. The sleeper will become Ecum Secum River and the Superdome will be Qu’Appelle, reflecting the prototypes. 
 
I look forward to adding these two models to my VIA Rail roster in 2019. 
 
Happy New Year everyone!!!

Roger Litwiller -Author

View my layout, "Trenton Subdivision in N Scale" on the Railroading Page on my website.  rogerlitwiller.com

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Excellent!

Looks like you have a good start on those two, looking forward to seeing them completed, or closer to! -Fuzzy Springfield, WI
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Thanks will post updates as

Thanks will post updates as the project progresses. Cheers. Roger

Roger Litwiller -Author

View my layout, "Trenton Subdivision in N Scale" on the Railroading Page on my website.  rogerlitwiller.com

READ my MRH Blog.
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