Some projects are so straightforward you completely forget about them for years. It was the case of my Tichy War Emergency gondola which I had almost completely assembled and even had purchased the correct GTW decals. The poor thing was forgotten in a cupboard for years until I stumbled upon it during the holidays... sometimes, cleaning up is a great thing!
I quickly assembled the car, then painted, lettered and weathered it... It was a mix of pre-weathering and post-weathering. I used a large derelict paint brush to drybrush the wooden texture on the sides. Easy, fast and efficient. This is something I tried on the NYC stock car and which, I think, gives that neat wooden appearance without overdoing the effect. I also used again AK Interactive wood wash to enhance the interior unpainted wood effect. It must be noted that I distressed the wood planks with a razor saw and coarse sandpaper prior to painting the car as I always do! At this point I was really glad... then a disaster happened.
One thing is sure, this car is criminally lightweight and will require a permanent load to compensate since its open underframe can't conceal more weight.
While searching for pictures of the car, I found out National Scale Car once produced a conversion mini-kit to replace the ends and brake gear. As it happens, GTW cars had different ends than the original design. As always, expect CN to always do things differently!
The problem is that mini-kit is no longer available. Maybe I'll find one on the used market if I dare to ask someone... Until then, I'll keep the car as is, even if it now bothers me to know it's quite non prototypical! The curse of knowing too much isn't it!
Anyway, let's move on... I've got several projects to complete on the workbench!
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