Hershey Boxcar Conversion finished...

Finished off the Hershey boxcar conversion today.

All of the decals have been added, detail parts re-installed and the entire boxcar has had a coat of SMS - Flat Clear to seal everything.

Pretty happy for a first attempt, some improvements can be made, it’s all a learning curve...

Big thanks again to Jim @ Highball Graphics for doing such a great job on this decal set, and adding them to his catalogue. 

Hershey Chocolates Boxcar conversion...

Today I started the conversion of an Athearn - NAC 50' Plug Door Boxcar.  The Athearn cars are an exact match for the prototype.

I've purchased several of the CNJ version as they have the North American builders logo on pre-attached to the boxcar ribs.

First step was to remove all the detail parts, once this was done I then removed the bigger Athearn applied lettering and logos.

I then primed the boxcar shell with SMS - Grey Surfacer.  And added two coats of SMS - Dark Brown for the final Hershey Chocolates colour...

Once the final coat was dried, I added the first side of the HighBall Graphics decal set.  These are ultra-sharp and the colouring is perfect, Jim has done an amazing job with these sets.

Really happy with this first attempt at such a big decal install, next step is to finish off the other side and the boxcar ends.  The whole boxcar will then get a coat of SMS - Flat Clear.