Train Stuff Plastic & Metal Kit General American (GATX) Frameless, Welded, Domeless Tank Cars

Jay Mellon's photos are an example of a "reality check" when dealing with older kits. He bought the unbuilt kit second-hand sometime in the 2010s. By that time the kit was 40 years old and he has no way of knowing how the kit was stored by the previous owner(s). He committed himself to building the kit as originally intended, so no substitute parts. The truck bolsters of the kit were made out of metal and Jay found them to be crumbling in his hands as he was trying to work with them. He used Walthers Goo to keep the bolsters' parts together. The walkway brass part was in a deteriorated state as well. The decals that came with the kit turned out to be unsalvagable in their original intent, so in the end he simply wound up cutting them out and gluing them to the car with backing paper and all.