It looks very "average" -- a good thing.? ?That makes it authentic.??
Mike's comment about a tack board paper is right on.? ?Pieter Roos did that for a couple of cars he entered into an NASG contest, and it really set them apart.? ?In one case, he actually?managed to have the paper torn just as it was on the prototype photo of the car!? ?"S"omeday, I will have to do that with my cars, but it is way down on the list of things still needing to be done...??
Another project that languished has finally been completed, although not as intended.?
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I bought one of S Scale America¡¯s (DesPlaines Hobbies) X-29 boxcars with CGW decals when they first came out.?
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K4 decals to the rescue.? I ordered a set of their Pennsy X-29 boxcar decals just for the dimensional data.? The car was now also assigned the new railroad, the Galena and Mineral Point.? The G&MP decals are from Rail Graphics before they closed shop.? So, the first piece of revenue equipment is now ready to make a few bucks for the new railroad, something that never happened for the old railroad.