Thus far, these are my best and they would fall into a “best redecorate” subcategory. If practice makes perfect, then these fourth and fifth attempts at recreating QA&P boxcars is getting me closer.
As stated in a recent WORKBENCH post regarding these cars; in the past I have created a lot of fantasy or ‘what if’ QA&P cars in various paint schemes (it’s tons of fun for me), but these boxcars in this post actually ran in revenue service. The boxcar itself may not be exact, but the paint and lettering are.
Closing thought: these two cars are not heavily weathered to cover up the idiotic mistakes I made. The simulated black soot of a steam locomotive simply highlights the wonderful detail of these Lionel cars.
