Always wanted a double door baggage car to go with my American Flyer “Northern Pacific” passenger set. A RARE few were actually made but good luck ever finding one.
Sample car used for the scan:
(Pick a smooth area such as the skirting below the ribber siding for the scan.)
ALMOST a perfect match but close enough for me.
Comparison of original color vs. mixed color.
Finished Baggage Car: (Still looking for the perfect “Northern Pacific” banner board decals.)
I masked the car in the area of the bold white stripe and with a wide (3/8" to 1/2") flat tipped brush I brushed on the light green matte color using long smooth very even strokes.
The white stripe is “ruling tape” of the proper dimension. Finally the car was given a medium/heavy overspray on Matte Clear to seal everything in. (Tamiya TS-80 Rattle Can) If you spray on the Matte Clear moderately heavy, it flows out and actually will give you a very nice semi-gloss that matches the other factory cars quite well.
Found some original factory replacement “North Coast Limited” stickers on eBay.
Note the color match on the finished car.
As close as I will probably ever get to the actual Factory car is in a photo:
My full North Coast consist on display BEFORE the addition of the painted double door baggage car: *(If I ever tried to actually operate this train I might just have to get a second motorized chassis for that second A unit.
I have future plans to splice two of the REA Express Reefers together to make a TRUE express reefer. And perhaps to paint that RPO car to match the rest of the consist just as the NP did.
Photo Credit: RailPictures.net ~ Copyright Steve Patterson
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