An older model train friend asked me to do some DCC installs for him. They were on some very old Athearn RDCs. One had the original rubber band drive, another with the Earnst gear conversion. No one else would take them on. I'm not everyone else! I did them up and even added LED lighting. They run and look great and he is tickled.
He wanted to pay me and I just couldn't imagine charging him, so he offered up an old Walthers tank car kit. Sure I said but in the back of my mind thought, what am I going to do with that?
I poked the Internet for CPR tank cars. They had none in revenue service but a fleet of them for water and oil in MOW serivice. One would look great in my proposed engine service facility. This is a "close enough" model. The older Proto and newer Walthers Proto cars are almost spot on.
Although the car was black, when I took off the lettering and logo with alcohol, it took the black paint off and left black plastic. So I painted black on black! I use Vallejo Air almost exclusively. Hard to mess up with this paint and I was a die hard laquer based Floquil guy for years.
I lettered the car with Black Cat Decals, he's a Canadian producer of wonderful decals and details. Great guy too. https://www.blackcatdecals.com/
Here's before and some after pics. Weathering done with oils thinned with mineral spirits, I also experimented with Vallejo Weathering Effects fuel stains.
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