So what is missing?

I believe there are a few pieces of lettering left to apply...going for early 30s style...

Why the 1116?  Because my daughter and I road in the 1116 on the Georgetown Loop!  Today, she's named "Gray's Peak".

The Blogger iPhone app is great...it's eliminated my least favorite blogging task...the hassling with photos...If only I could find out how to rotate the photo...

Paint shop

Here's my slightly modified San Juan boxcar...tweaked to resemble the 4xxx series.  I haven't bothered with all of the lettering correct, as it will be mostly illegible once the car is lettered up for Navy Yard Pearl Harbor.  This may be the only D&RGW car I ever build.

I'm also working on the c&s reefer.  It's Polly scale armour yellow...with peeling paint.  I had an air brush problem which led to an unusually heavy coat by my standards.  I've given it some peeling paint treatment, but no weathering as of yet.