CN Tool Car in HO

[tjmfishing]

Finished my HO CN Tool Car tonight.  I scored three Rapido Baggage cars for $15 a piece.  One will become a work train tool car (done), the other painted into a standard VIA baggage car and the third may become a parts donor for a VIA Baggage-Dormitory car, or another work train car, all depending on whether or not I can score some Athabasca car sides.

The car itself is based off of similar cars that CN had, however Campbellton's tool car was the older heavyweight style and a different number.  Overall it doesn't represent any particular prototype but gives a feel for the style.

This was the first time I ever clear coated a model before decalling as I was forced into it by some "friends"...  I'm happy with the results however I don't much care for the drying time.  I usually paint and decal in one sitting by using a hairdryer in between but I can't do that now.  I messed up the other side with a big ass fingerprint as a result which I was able to camoflauge with some weathering and light sanding.






Decals were a mix of Microscale and Highball.  Campbellton Aux and Tool Car were all individual letters.  Windows were "blanked off" with basswood.  Paint is a mix of Taiyma and Model Master, the brown being Taiyma X-9 Brown and the black being Model Master Aircraft Interior Black. Weathering was accomplished with Bragdon Powders (rust on diaphragm ends) and airbrushing with Model Master Armour Sand.  The wheelsets were painted with Taiyma XF-64 Red Brown.

[Canadian Atlantic Railway]

Nice work on the tool car Taylor. How late of an era did the prototype tool car get used in Campbellton?

[tjmfishing]

Thanks. They had an old NSC HW baggage car of the same type as in the link below:

www.niagararails.com/passenger.phtml?id=352

According to my contact, its number was 59101 and it was built from 9041. As far as I know it survived into the late 1990's preseumeably right up until December of '98 when they sold the old ICR line to the Quebec Railway Corporation. The "prototype" car is actually sitting between Highway 11 and the Mont Joli sub in Flatlands, NB, however I've never seen it in person.

I might renumber this one to something in the 59xxx series but I'm undecided yet. I only got this information after I had nearly completed the car.

[Canadian Atlantic Railway]

Nov 11, 2014 21:19:11 GMT -5 tjmfishing said:

According to my contact, its number was 59101 and it was built from 9041. As far as I know it survived into the late 1990's preseumeably right up until December of '98 when they sold the old ICR line to the Quebec Railway Corporation. The "prototype" car is actually sitting between Highway 11 and the Mont Joli sub in Flatlands, NB, however I've never seen it in person.

Is it still on rails or in a field?

[tjmfishing]

No its in a field as far as I can tell. I've never gone down as its gonna add about a 25 mile round trip to an already long trip but it is about 500m east of the ICR bridge across the Restigouche River from what I can see on FlashEarth.

[antlorch]

I like this car alot. I am going to do something like this on my freelance and this really helps out. Nice job

[m a y o r 79]

Looks good!

[CP_8530]

Did you use the Tamiya clear? I find that stuff takes a while to dry, and can remain tacky and sticky. I wrapped a hopper I painted with Tamiya clear in a cloth once for storage (it was dry, but still kinda tacky), and the pattern of the cloth was semi-imprinted in the clear finish. D'oh!

[tjmfishing]

No I used Future floor polish.