Weaver Penn Central B60 Baggage Car Project - FINISHED 06/09/13

It looks GREAT.....nice work.  Tamiya is pretty hot paint. But it dries super fast so thin coats are always best. Hope all your decals settle down and are OK!

They settled down to the point that the wrinkles came out but the hundreds of micro bubbles that popped up were there to stay. Don't know what possessed me to do it, but I wrapped my index finger up tight in my shirt (silky cotton) and gently but firmly started rubbing the decals. I could feel all those tiny bubbles buckling under my fingernail and somehow none of them shred. The surface of the decals is just the slightest bit lumpy now, I have to stick my eyeball up two inches away from them to vaguely see it. Completely invisible any further than that. I'm a happy camper again, as those bubbles were destined to be one of those things that would always bug me.

One other hint with Tamiya clear. It is best to allow decals to dry/set for a week or more if you can. I always have multi projects going so I can allow a 'finished' project to stand for a week before the clear coat. Also if you do get too much on a model and it starts to pool up grab a paper towel and wick away excess paint by holding the towel just off the side of the model and the towel will pull much of the extra paint/clear off. Good luck!

Very nice project.  Thank you for posting.

Mike 

Looks good.  Nice job.

Nick

I emailed you about a 2nd baggage car you might want for another project.  Let me know.

Jim

Whelp, thanks to Jim looks like the white stripe PC scheme will be coming soon 

wow great looking baggage car!

Very nice work Nick. I like the color of the finished car. To my eye it looks like something the railroad would have had when new/freshly painted.

Thanks Phil. Indeed, I prefer all my models to be frozen in time as looking like they just rolled out of the shops.