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Rich Gajnak All Messages By This Member #171052 Another project that languished has finally been completed, although not as intended.? ? I bought one of S Scale America’s (DesPlaines Hobbies) X-29 boxcars with CGW decals when they first came out.? I intended the car for the Kansas Grain Belt, my former railroad.? Only the dimensional data from the SSA decals would be used along with my custom decals.? I assembled the car, then set it aside for the time being. ? That time being about 10 years…? The car was finally painted this past April.? When I began decaling, I screwed up the SSA decals.? While they very fine they were also a bit fragile.? So, the car got set aside again as other things distracted me for a couple of months. ? 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. ? Rich G(ajnak) X-29 Boxcar G_MP 1603 062324 _1_.JPG X-29 Boxcar G_MP 1603 062324 _5_.JPG
Mike Swederska All Messages By This Member #171053 开云体育 Rich, That’s a neat looking car. The different ends really sets the car apart from the other kits I use.? Way back in time when I was a rivet counter in Sn3. The crowning touch to a great box car build like yours was to put a tinny piece of paper on the tack boards. Don’t ask me why that memory jumped back in my head. ? Mike Swederska? toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Jun 23, 2024, at 8:53?AM, Rich Gajnak via groups.io <rustytraque@...> wrote: ? Another project that languished has finally been completed, although not as intended.? ? I bought one of S Scale America’s (DesPlaines Hobbies) X-29 boxcars with CGW decals when they first came out.? I intended the car for the Kansas Grain Belt, my former railroad.? Only the dimensional data from the SSA decals would be used along with my custom decals.? I assembled the car, then set it aside for the time being. ? That time being about 10 years…? The car was finally painted this past April.? When I began decaling, I screwed up the SSA decals.? While they very fine they were also a bit fragile.? So, the car got set aside again as other things distracted me for a couple of months. ? 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. ? Rich G(ajnak) <X-29 Boxcar G_MP 1603 062324 _1_.JPG> <X-29 Boxcar G_MP 1603 062324 _5_.JPG> -- Mike Swederska Meramec Valley Lines Modeling Mopac equipment in 3/16 Don't let perfection get in the way of good enough! Keep model railroading fun!
Talmadge C 'TC' Carr All Messages By This Member #171063 Didn't Rail Graphics get bought up??? Talmadge C 'TC' Carr Sn42 and Mn42 in 1923 group_list@... toggle quoted message Show quoted text On 23June2024, at 06:53, Rich Gajnak <rustytraque@...> wrote: from Rail Graphics before they closed shop
Rich Gajnak All Messages By This Member #171064 On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 02:45 PM, Talmadge C 'TC' Carr wrote: Didn't Rail Graphics get bought up??? Not to my knowledge.? Perhaps you're thinking of Herald King? Rich G(ajnak)
Peter Vanvliet All Messages By This Member #171070 开云体育 San Juan Model Company bought Rail Graphics in 2020. - Peter. On 06/23/2024 05:17 PM, Rich Gajnak wrote: On Sun, Jun 23, 2024 at 02:45 PM, Talmadge C 'TC' Carr wrote: Didn't Rail Graphics get bought up??? Not to my knowledge.? Perhaps you're thinking of Herald King? Rich G(ajnak) -- Peter Vanvliet (info@...) owner, Fourth Ray Software Houston, Texas (personal web site)
William Winans All Messages By This Member #171074 Hi Rich -- 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...?? Bill Winans ---------------------- toggle quoted message Show quoted text Another project that languished has finally been completed, although not as intended.? ? I bought one of S Scale America’s (DesPlaines Hobbies) X-29 boxcars with CGW decals when they first came out.? ... 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. ? Rich G(ajnak)
Rich Gajnak All Messages By This Member #171076 Thanks guys.? Right now I'm just happy to get it done.? I've been trying to clear up some projects that got set aside for one reason or other besides working up the enthusiasm to get going on the permanent layout... Rich G(ajnak)

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