Below is a real pic of that class. It is
the one
I will be doing. Dean Heacock picture.
Dean
Heacock photo
How to:
1. Puchase the Con-Cor gondola. Mine
came
decorated for Chessie in a bogus dark blue paint job.
2. Carefully sand off the decorations.
The
Ches-C logo will take the longest, as it is the thickest.
3. Paint the car, inside and out engine
black.
Also paint the underside piece if you want. It comes
black, but I
painted mine anyway.
4. Spray the outsides of the car with gloss
coat.
5. Decal the car with Champs HG-139 Chessie
gondola
set.
6. Spray the car with Testors Dull Coat.
7. Assemble the car as per the
directions.
I replaced the kit provided couplers with Kadee #5s.
8. Paint the wheel faces roof brown.
9. To weather the car drybrush shades of
black
mixed with roof brown all over the car. Keep it off the
yellow decals
if you want the car to look new, put it over the decals if you
want a beat
up Chessie paint job. Also dry brush with shades of black
mixed with
white. Drybrush both inside and outside the car.
10. The final weathering feature is to add
dirt
in the car. Gondolas are never clean. They don't get
cleaned
out after each use, like they should. Spray the inside
bottom of
the car with Dull Coat. You may want to tape off the
inside walls
so they don't get wet. I take fine dirt from under my door
mat of
all places and sprinkle it onto the wet Dull Coat. When it
is dry
spray some more dull coat on the dirt to hold it all in place.
11. You are done, enjoy your Chessie
gondola.
Below is what you get in the box. Only keep
the
left two pieces. The hoods and parts for the hoods can be
kept for
future projects.
Below is the car, still dark blue, but with the
markings
sanded off. I use 400 grit sand paper for this.
Below is the car painted engine black and ready
for decaling.
Below is the gon decaled and ready for assembly
and weathering.
Below is the finished gon, ready to earn its
keep.
