Rich Johnson of Chula Vista built the featured car. He says "
I painted the car with Floquil So. Freight Car Brown and the raw metal bunks and brake parts and trucks with Foquil Grimy Black.
I weathered the grimy black parts by light spray with Testors Leather, this gave a good raw metal rusty appearance, and then weathered the car lightly with Testors Tan. I followed the color pictures of equipment from the 60s at the Westside on the Yahoo group."