See more videos about weathering rolling stock here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oX-OudWCf6upcrg.html

talking of shoving platforms, Years ago a train went past with a flat car with a large orange Igloo 5 Gallon Portable Water Cooler (Sports Cooler) at the center with the train man sitting on it talking in his radio.

A shoving platform turns into a Masterclass of turning an un-decorated model into a road-worn beauty. Thank you!

Very cool Ron, it is nice you show what can go wrong, helps others not feel alone! Nice project and model! (Dave).

@RonsTrainsNThings

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It is nice when you can turn mistakes around and like the final outcome.

THANK YOU FOR SUPER DETAILED VIDEO AS GREAT WATCHING

Incredible video! Thanks for sharing the positives and negatives, a wonderful vid!

Hi there and lol yes, I do Rember that too. So much so that on my Caboose I do have a Conductor..!!! This is verry Interesting to do this. But you know wow it did come out well. Yes. Good job on this and thanks for the Video and take care Ron!!!

Nicely done Ron, that video helped me. Thank you.

Looks very good. I even like the fire tuck cameo

@RonsTrainsNThings

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Of course you do. 🤣👍🏼👍🏼

another good way to get an excuse to run cabeese or other older equipment and locomotives is to make your own "historical/preservation society" for your layout. They wouldn't have to have their own equipment either, just running the "old" stuff having been restored to operating conditions from any railroad. You can use this to have steam or old diesels running along side brand new SD70's. Having the rule that for old trains they have to have a caboose on their train when operating. From there you can create anything you want for this group to be doing that day. So during an operating session, say the group is out with an old 4-6-0 or 2-8-2 helping the "main" railroad in doing switching jobs or even moves from yard to yard. A great way to use stuff on a modern layout set, without the need to go build or re-build a layout set in the crossover era from the 1940's to the 60's. I have done this on my own layout, with the main yard and layout is BNSF but the roundhouse/turntable and any steam are being ran by a preservation group with their own branch line running into an operating logging camp. At times they would assist BNSF with other switching jobs or running a large, restored, locomotive to pull a mainline train, like SP&S Challenger number 910.

I’ve found that when applying individual letter and number decals, turn the model upside down-that way, your mind is less prone to read them, instead, looking at the alignment. One reason for shoving platforms is that Federal hazmat regulations prohibit a placarded tank car to be coupled to “an occupied caboose”- theory is, if you can’t get inside, you can’t occupy it.

Ron.just a hint. Always undercoat yellow or red with a matt white. That way you get the full colour David

hello ron's its is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks and ron experiment to make coboose thanks ron friends randy

It’s not whether you make a mistake or not; instead it’s how you make the correction so the viewer never knows whether any mistakes were made!❤👍🏼👍🏼

In the past, I used white primer or silver before I painted on yellow. This seems to give the yellow a more even spread.

Well done Ron! I'm a fan of Bluford Shop's products. I have several of their hoppers and hace many more on pre-order.

Very informative. Thanks Ron.

Very nice project Ron, not ready to do something like that yet. Thanks for sharing. Have a good day.

Hi Ron. If you mask and then give the item a quick spray of clear matt you will reduce wicking of the finish coating under the tape, giving you a sharper edge to the colours.

cool vid ron keep up the good vids thanks lee

Excellent informative video I learnt a lot about converting a caboose to a shoving platform. 👍😊😊😊🚂🇬🇧

Dear Ron, very cool conversion from caboose to shoving platform. Love how you’ve included your mistakes, definitely will save your vid as a reminder for removing the manufacturer’s coat before applying any new paint. Cool effects with Ammo streaky grime, great weathering in N scale. The caboose has become beautiful kinda appropriately dilapidated shoving platform. Very interesting vid. Cheerio

Good tip about the color wheel. Getting yellow to cover seems to be a real problem. I've also had trouble with yellow decals I have printed that had to go over a black model.

I have an old beat up caboose I wanted to do this with!

I have seen a BNSF shoving platform in Saginaw Tx recently, it was an extended vision caboose like the cleaner one in your video, I also managed to get one that Atlas produced a few years back. Thanks for the great videos!

@RonsTrainsNThings

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Yes, they have run one out of the old Santa Fe yard in Saginaw for at least 20 years. 👍🏼👍🏼

That was one heck of a Weathering Job mr.Ron & if I may say trying to disembark Decales has always been a pain in the "A" double SS I use to use warm to hot water & I'd let them set about 15 to 20 min. But I think some of lies on how good the Decal is in the first place I've use some that had some pretty good strength to em' you could work with them with a good amount of water & if they didn't curl on ya you could set them in just about in Any spot.. But I wished getting the Decals was a bit easier If the Hobby shop stocked them I'd have me a set rather Quickly I guess I haven't went moon over Amazon yet guess maybe I should😊 Allen D

Make a video about a tour of your setup💯🔥

I've noticed these last few years, short line RR's in my area where Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky converge at the Ohio River just west of Cincinnati have embraced shoving platforms the last few years.

@RonsTrainsNThings

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Unions are pushing for them for crew safety, so I think we will continue to see more.

Ron, fantastic build. I have a transfer caboose that I am looking into converting to an idler car with work hut on it. This project was a good inspiration. I like the color choice of Green and once weathered would look great on my RR :) -Heath

@RonsTrainsNThings

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I will be interested to see that project, Heath.

👍👍Thanks for the video Ron, as always great tips and ideas! What is Terpenoid? 🚂

@RonsTrainsNThings

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It is a turpentine substitute, lower odor. Here is a link you can check out. amzn.to/407O4P6

WooooooWooooooooo! 😝😁🤪🤣👍👍🇺🇲

Nice job Ron , I built one that we see on the way to Albq a few years ago. It is loaded with Grafitti

@RonsTrainsNThings

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Hey Mike. Did you publish a video of that?

@N-Scale

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@@RonsTrainsNThings I Did ! kzread.info/dash/bejne/iGSmp9CFf6vAico.html&ab_channel=MikeFifer

@rdanscale3416

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That was Awesome Caboose that Uncle Mike done Ron & it was on Video it's been a few years but I can still remember how cool that caboose looked & the Well done Job Mike did on it.. There are more & more cabooses that are turning up as Shoving platform's Atlas a few months ago released there orange platform BNSF caboose but was only decorated with the logo no weathering but some cabooses are now showing up weathered.. 3 S.P. cabooses are coming out soon by Microtrains that are Weathered, Here in Hutch the BNSF uses there caboose to move tanker cars to n' from the Refinery it still has the ole Santa Fe logos it makes feel good to see it untouched & still working..

@N-Scale

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@@rdanscale3416 Thanks , and it does make us feel warm and fuzzy !!!

@rdanscale3416

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Hey Anytime Uncle Mike we like Warm & Fuzzy & you can do Any cool project & we'll be there to see it.. See ya soon hoping your doing Well

I noticed you misspoke a couple of times and called it a switching platform. They're not used for switching -- as you say at the end, they're used for getting the cars to the place where the switching happens.

@RonsTrainsNThings

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Yes, I just misspoke. You'll find I'm prone to that sometimes.

@beeble2003

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@@RonsTrainsNThings Yeah, we all do that!

Hey Ron! I have a very important question. I tried to clean my track before by putting them in vinegar but they didn't help. Now my tracks look all oxidized. There's dark spots and colored spots and there's no shine to it at all. What is the best way to make them bread new no matter how dirty or bad they are?

@RonsTrainsNThings

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Yes, vinegar is highly acidic. It has oxidized the silver in your track. It will take a lot of elbow grease to polish that off. Don't give in to the temptation to use an abrasive. You will damage the track. In this case, and I don't usually advise this, you might try silver polish...but, depending on how much track you are talking about, it may be easiest to just replace it.

Why would you sock the model in distilled water

@RonsTrainsNThings

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I didn't soak it in distilled water, I washed it with distilled water, because tap water has minerals in it, and my water locally is very hard and has lots of minerals. Mineral deposits can react badly with paint and especially with decals, leading to silvering and other undesired effects.

Looks like you have nothing on TV worth while to watch too. That could be why you are airbrushing a caboose?

Atlas recently came out with a similar model of this (50005601 but orange) and I was considering getting it but since I model modern UP, ultimately decided not to. Good work Ron!!!