This post is from a draft from 2022, the progress on the SPMW 2257 stopped until the new decals arrived from Todd Osterburg, now available from OwlMtModels as #1225 set. I've also stripped off some of the reporting mark decals and repainted several of the areas.
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| SPMW 2257 with upgraded MW decals. |
The new decals include re-scaled English and Spanish warnings that the equipment can be moved at any time, so don't sleep under it!
The shattered B-end of the car showed signs that I needed to sand and rescribe a couple of the board lines which the crack crossed. I sanded the area with one of my narrow sanding sticks and corner of the smoother sanding pads. Rescribing was done with my carbide scribe. The hand brake staff, upper eyebolt and brake stirrup still need to be installed.
I hadn't applied the B-end reporting marks until after this repair and body work was done. I still need to install the grab irons at the endsill and lower rung of the side ladders. Then the next step is putting on the B-end brake staff, platform, and the roof walk.
The underframe still needs to have the brake levers and rods fabricated and installed.
Roof Walks
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| Installing the resin roofwalks. |
The roofwalks are easy to install. I cut them out of the resin detail sheet and lightly sanded the sides and back to improve the bonding for the ACC/CA glue. I also quickly rubbed a sanding pad along the tops of the roofwalk supports to clear the paint from the surfaces.
The lateral roofwalk pieces need to have support pieces glued to the bottom, which will keep them off of the roof sheets of the car. The Sunshine B-50-15 (SP 32451) kit includes some DA rectangular brass strip, which is for these braces. Because I'm not using
In Closing
I've also dug out a set of DTA eye-bolts, and will be able to finish the roof top corner grab irons with them pretty easily.
This article was written back in 2024, but was some of the last freight-car work I did back before I switched focus to working on the layout, and the redesign in 2025.
This article was written back in 2024, but was some of the last freight-car work I did back before I switched focus to working on the layout, and the redesign in 2025.
Jason Hill
Related Articles:
Westerfield SP B-50-2 (Part 1) - SPMW 2257 Ready Boxcar
Westerfield SP B-50-2 (Part 2) - Finishing the Body & Roof
Modeling SP 32451 (Part 1) - Sunshine B-50-15 Resin Kit
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