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The PRR car has 4-3-1 ends and the Atlas car has 4-4 ends.
For putty, I actually swear by Bondo. Any big box retailer with a good Automotive section, like Walmart for instance will have one part Bondo in a pretty good sized tube.The tube is generally orange as well as the putty inside. It sets up quick, hardens and best of all, unlike Squadron, it does not shrink.It is easily workable with files and/or sandpaper and covers smoothly for painting.
The paint job on that car is dead on accurate for what was coming out of the Hollidaysburg, PA (P62 weigh mark) in the summer of 76. Conrail used this paint scheme for about three or four months between late June 76 to September 76. It is unique due to the large long "wheels-on-rail" logo and the side-by-side reporting marks. The car itself is an ex PRR X45, not X46 is is classed as such (take another look at the class on the car). The ends and sides match the prototype pretty closely. The ends are close, but not perfect. The PRR car has 4-3-1 ends and the Atlas car has 4-4 ends. The other draw back is the car has a 9 foot door and the prototype had an 8 foot door. I can live with this. We could sit here all day and debate Conrail oxide red, so I say the color is fine. I agree with everyone else about removing the running board. Don't forget the casting plug in the center of the roof. As far as the roof being painted by Conrail, I cannot say. I am going to be doing the same thing to both road numbers and painting the roofs silver. The only paint job issues with the second road number (CR 261132) is that the AAR code should be XL and not XM and it too should have an ACI tag. Thanks.Jeff
I believe the Atlas car has 5/4 ends, it's just that the lowest rib is cut out for clearance of the truck mounted coupler.Jason
4/5... I think the count goes from top to bottom.
I've filled in roof holes a few times. I stuck the roof walk into the holes from the inside of the shell (trim the ends to fit). Once the glue cured I just filed down the nubs sticking out. I hate that green putty, it never really hardens.