Materials list for HO scale Sylvan GMC Cannonball detailing project

Materials list for HO scale Sylvan GMC Cannonball detailing project

By Angela Cotey | May 22, 2018

| Last updated on January 12, 2021


Online extra from Mont Switzer's article in the July 2018 Model Railroader

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Mont Switzer’s finished HO scale Sylvan Scale Models GMC Cannonball semi-tractor, as detailed for a McLean Trucking Co. prototype.
The article “How to model a 1950s semi-tractor” by Mont Switzer appeared in the July 2018 Model Railroader. The materials list for the project is shown below.

Materials list

A-Line
29201 Windshield wipers

Bachmann
42342 Sitting figures

Evergreen Scale Models
9010 .010” plain white styrene sheet
9511 .010” plain black styrene sheet

Graphics on Demand
MC-LEAN HO scale McLean Trucking Co. decals

Microscale Decals
MC4149 License plate assortment
TF-2 Trim Film black

Sharpie Markers
H-286BL Black marker
S-13628SIL Silver marker

Sylvan Scale Models
V-055 1954-1959 GMC Cannonball Single-Axle Tractor with Sleeper Cab

Testors
Model Master acrylic paint
5-N Navy Blue Semi-Gloss
4603 Skin Tone Warm
4680 Gray Primer
4873 Reefer White
4880 Caboose Red
4885 Railroad Tie Brown
4888 Engine Black
New York Central Jade Green
TES1260T Dullcote

Tichy Train Group
8037 Eyebolts

Miscellaneous
.008” wire or brass rod
.010” styrene strip
Chartpak 821 Red dots, 834 Orange dots, 853 Red dots (Search “map dots” on Google for substitute)
See-through freight car running board

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