After finishing the seven car Southern Pacific Lines 21" passenger cars, it is time to begin my Union Pacific Excursion cars. The first car to have work done is my "Challenger" Dome Car.
Here are some pictures of the Dome with Preiser 65602 Seated figures which I painted. I painted the seats in the car a light tan, mixing "Flat White" Acryl with "Earth Red" Flat Acryl paint (3/5 white and 2/5 Earth Red approximately).
I have used up my previously painted supply of some of the Preiser figures and need to start painting more of the 16 boxes of 24 Preiser 65602 I just purchased. The main car floor needs people. I paint each box in one major color of clothing at a time. For women I use a pastel Yellow, Blue, Pink, Green, and Lavender which I hand mix using the Flat White as the base paint. The men are in brown, navy blue, gray, and light tan suits. I seldom use black for their suits. I paint the flesh first, then tie, shirt, coat and pants. The hair and shoes are the last paint colors to be applied. The ties look sharp because I line the edge as I paint the shirt. Then I line the shirt as I paint the suit coat. Doing the painting in this order gives my men nice sharp ties without wide brush marks,
I ground 1/4 inch at an angle off the bottom of most of the figures. They fit in these domes without lowering the dome floor. There is more clearance in the UP Dome than in the Wabash Dome cars. My battery powered Rechargeable Dremel Micro with a sanding drum is my tool of choice for grinding the figures. (Wear eye protection!) I had used emery boards and files and they took forever.
Note: There is about six inches of double-sided tape on the inside of the skirting on the right side of the Lower Bar. I used a #11 Excel knife to cut and release the tape so I could remove the metal chassis floor from the car body. Please use caution. (As a strengthening of the trucks, I replaced the original factory "E"-clip with a 3/16 inch steel "E"-clip from Home Depot.)
Please post the work you are doing on your cars. It is time to share some photos.
