Athearn 40 foot boxcar
Athearn
40ft Boxcar...
Athearn makes a decent 40 foot boxcar. It is not
completely accurate for any of the Chessie classes, but it is good enough.
I have only one of these cars. I bought it, sight unseen, from Bev-Bel.
It came in an all brown paint job with a yellow cat logo. There were
NO cars that came anwhere close to that fake paint job. I stripped
off the paint and painted mine blue. I put Herald King decals on
it after repainting.
Remember that there were only three Chessie 40 foot boxcars.
Most of the 40 foot boxcars did not get repainted. So, to be accurate,
you only need one Chessie car, and some of each of the predecessor road
paint jobs. You should pay between $6-7 for one. I am uncertain
as to how many road numbers and how many predecessor paint jobs are out
there. I know there is a WM one available that would make a handsome
addition right out of the box.
Below is a Dean Heacock pic of one of the three 40ft boxcars
in Chessie blue, Chessie C&O #23757.
Below is my repainted Athearn 40ft boxcar, Chessie C&O
#19335. It is basically 80% correct out of the box. The flaws
are too minor to worry about fixing. I didn't do any cutting or sanding
on this kit. I just stripped off the old paint and repainted it.
