For the past week I was busy cleaning up a scanned picture of the side of the 1722 caboose. The plan is to paint the side red, to paint the windows and oval symbols yellow with the help of masking tape and to finish it of with a large decal that shows all the black details: rivets, lines, etc. Two decals have to be made: one of the side panel and one of the head side. Since the caboose is symmetrical a double print of both will do for the complete car.
Now, I started to straighten out the scanned picture, to convert it in black and white, to remove all unnecessary details and to repaint the lines and rivets. It is almost done. I finally learned myself into Paint shop Pro, because I needed some tools I never used before.