Well, I don't think you can say it's bad paint.

The trouble is I always use primer for the metal for all my scratchbuilt styrene models and this time, it don't worked perfectly on Atlas/Roco plastic. This plastic is different.

Obviously, this is a good experience for the next cars I'll have to paint. That time, I'll use a primer for plastics!

Another car: a stock car.

I rebuilt the grab irons, the stirrups. I adapted IMR wheelsets and KD.

I've repainted this car using Humbrol n°70 matt brown color with a paintbrush with nuances adding black or orange paint.

The light colored weathering is from drybrushed Humbrol paints (white and light grey).

The lettering are made of thick yellow printed paper (bristol) but I'm not happy with them. I go to make something different, more realistic... Stay tuned.

Hello everyone,

My cold basement don't give me the need to make my turnouts. I let down this project until the nice days (I'll can make them outside under the sun).

So I come back to my old cars. I've began to work on another Roco/Atlas stock car installing KDs. The new type "E" models (#740 and #745) are very realistic! Here the description: LINK

I cut the tie under the coupler: I don't need them and it's not realistic. My 0-5-0 isn't realistic too but I have more fun.

I use small metal screws for an old English stock found at home.

When ready I've installed the weathered trucks

Then, I replace the casted grab irons by fine brass rod ones.

And I install the weathered wooden deck in the chassis.

The chassis is now ready for the straw loading. I cut short pieces of string for the packages. That's just fine enough for O scale.

And I glue the string on the chassis. After that, I added the cow turds  

Hi everyone,

The turds are dry now... more work on this car...

To repaint it I use a handbrush, some thinner and Humbrol matt paint.

I keep the lettering on the car

Seeing this work on freight cars tempts me to revise my do to list.

(although I should finish the track first!!)

Thanks

Eugene

Hi Eugene,

I have a lot of fun rebuilding these old cars.

I have to make my own track too.

What are you using to make those? My imagination doesn't want to belive they are real compleate with aroma !!!

Jack

They are made of.... real cow turds acrylic paint 

The aroma can be obtained using pieces of old french cheeses like maroilles cheese (very smelly) 

well the cheese might attract little critters, so your probably better off without the aroma. Good looking work by the way.

Jack

Thank you Jack! Yes, no smell is better. But today this car smells the oil paint...

Stay tuned for the next and last photos of this car