WW1 Liberty 60-car train, OO scale printed sides

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WW1 Liberty Train 60-car set, sixty pair of sides for sixty 40-foot boxcars. 120 car sides printed full color on cardstock for 60 wood-era 40-foot long boxcars. If you don't want to build boxcars from scratch or use them with a kit you already have, you could glue them to the sides of an existing boxcar that you have or buy on ebay.
QREX# 1401 features the famous "I Want You" Uncle Sam image created in 1917 by James M. Flagg (see below)
QREX# 1402 says "Join The ARMY AIR SERVICE, Be Am American Eagle" and the image shows an American bald eagle attacking the symbol of Germany, a black eagle, by nature artist Charles L. Bull (see below) in 1917
QREX# 1403 says Join the AIR SERVICE and Serve In France, the image is of a biplane with American stars on the wing
QREX# 1404 says "COLUMBIA CALLS, Enlist Now For U.S.Army" with image of Columbia and she is holding American 48-star flag in 1916
QREX# 1405 "Tell That To The Marines!" with image of man who has thrown down newspaper that says "Huns kill women and children." This illustration is also by Flagg.
QREX# 1406 "U.S. MARINES Active on Land and Sea" with image of Marine in dress uniform (1917)
QREX# 1407 features the famous "Be A U.S. Marine" image standing in front of U.S. flag, as created by an artist named James M. Flagg about 1917
QREX# 1408 says "Travel? Adventure? answer - Join The Marines" and the image shows a Marine riding a snarling leopard, also by Flagg (in 1917)
QREX# 1409 says "If you want to fight, join the Marines" and shows a female officer in 1915! This is the first of two images by an artist named Christy whose models became known as Christy Girls, though female officers were not allowed in combat in WW1 so Christy was way ahead of his time
QREX# 1410 says "Gee I wish I were a man, I'd join the Navy" with image of woman in a sailer suit, also painted by Christy
QREX# 1411 with image of man stepping up to Uncle Sam to enlist while his mother says "We need him but so do you" painted by Charles D. Gibson
QREX# 1412 "The Sword Is Drawn, The Navy Upholds It" with image of woman holding up sword
QREX# 1413 says "America Calls Enlist In The Navy" image of Lady Liberty with a sailer about 1917
QREX# 1414 says "Join The Tanks, Join The U.S. Tank Corps" and the image shows snarling alley cat saying "Treat 'Em Rough!"
QREX# 1415 says "Enlist" and shows a woman drowning in the ocean holding a baby. This probably came out after the Germans sank the passenger ship Lusitannia and it became impossible for America to remain neutral
QREX# 1416 says "Enlist! On which side of the window are you?" with image of man watching soldiers troop by outside window
QREX# 1417 with image of Uncle Sam on a Navy ship holding binoculars "Something doing boys! Uncle Sam's on the bridge"
QREX# 1418 "There's room for you. Enlist To-Day" with image of soldiers getting on a troop train
QREX# 1419 shows a bloody hand print and says "The Hun - His Mark. Blot It Out With Liberty Bonds"
QREX# 1420 says "Beat back the Hun with Liberty Bonds" and shows a dark German helmeted soldier with bloody bayonette and bloody fingers
QREX# 1421 says "Come On! Buy More Liberty Bonds" and shows a doughboy topping a hill
QREX# 1422 is image of the statue of Liberty glaring and saying "You! Buy A Liberty Bond! Lest I Perish"
QREX# 1423 with image of woman holding baby and children "Must children die and Mothers plead in vain? Buy More Liberty Bonds"
QREX# 1424 shows bloody German boots and says "Keep these off the U.S.A. Buy more Liberty Bonds"
QREX# 1425 features the famous Uncle Sam image and says "Shall we be more tender with our money than with the lives of our sons?"
QREX# 1426 says "Women! Help America's sons win the war. Buy U.S. Govt. Bonds" and the image shows an elderly mom
QREX# 1427 says "Remember your first thrill of American Liberty", the image is of immigrants on a ship passing the Statue of Liberty
QREX# 1428 says "Over The Top for You" with image of soldier holding American 48-star flag
QREX# 1429 "Fight or Buy Bonds!" with image of woman holding up American flag.
QREX# 1430 "U*S*A Bonds Third Liberty Loan Campaign, Boy Scouts of America" with image of Boy Scout in uniform handing sword to Lady Liberty
QREX# 1431 shows the statue of Liberty with a yellow sky and says "That Liberty Shall Not Perish From The Earth Buy Liberty Bonds"
QREX# 1432 says "Clear The Way!! Buy Bonds Third Liberty Loan" and shows a Christy Girl pointing to fighting men with U.S. flag behind her
QREX# 1433 says "Joan Of Arc Saved France. Women of America Save Your Country Buy War Savings Stamps" and shows Joan of Arc iconic image
QREX# 1434 is image of American eagle with WW1 planes leaving its next and says "Keep Him Free, Buy War Savings Stamps"
QREX# 1435 with image of woman painted by Howard Chandler Christy and says "Liberty Victory Loan"
QREX# 1436 shows a man in work overalls reaching into his pocket and says "Sure! We'll finish the job. Victory Liberty Loan"
QREX# 1437 features a Red Cross nurse holding a child and says "The Greatest Mother In The World. Red Cross Chrstmas Honor Roll"
QREX# 1438 says "I summon you to comradship in the Red Cross - Woodrow Wilson" and the image shows a woman wrapped in the flag
QREX# 1439 says The Spirit of America, JOIN", the image is of a woman holding flag next to a Red Cross as painted by Christy
QREX# 1440 says "Red Cross Christmas  Roll Call" with image of 2 women holding the honor roll
QREX# 1441 "American Red Cross - Our Boys Need SOX! Knit your bit!" with image of knitting needles and pile of yarn
QREX# 1442 "War Gardens Victorious - Every War Garden a Peace Plant. National War Garden Commission, Washington, D.C." with image of man followed by dancing potatoes, carrots, onions and radishes
QREX# 1443 says "Food is Ammunition - Don't waste it. United State Food Administration" image is of Cavalry riding with U.S. flag with basket of fruit in foreground
QREX# 1444 says "FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR - You came here seeking freedom, You must now help preserve it. WHEAT is needed by the Allies - Waste Nothing" and the image shows immigrants with Statue of Liberty in background
QREX# 1445 says "The Woman's Land Army of America - WOMEN enlist now and help the farmer - FIGHT THE FOOD FAMINE - U.S. Employment Bureau" and shows a female officer on a horse holding a flag in back of 2 women carrying a hoe and a basket
QREX# 1446 says "ORDER COAL NOW - United States Fuel Administration" with image of horse-drawn coal wagon. Coal was not needed for the war, and freed up petrolium which was needed over there
QREX# 1447 with image of woman asleep and says "WAKE UP AMERICA! Civilization Calls Every Man Woman and Child" as painted by an artist named James M. Flagg in 1917
QREX# 1448 "WAKE UP AMERICA" with image of woman 1770s patriot raising the alarm
QREX# 1449 features a young woman surrounded by international flags and says "YWCA - UNITED FOR AMERICA. Division for Foreign Born Women"
QREX# 1450 says "SILENCE - Do not talk to strangers and keep your mouth shut in public places, the lives of your comrades depend upon your silence" and the image shows a helmeted woman holding a flag holding finger to her lips
QREX# 1451 says "The Spirit of Woman Power" WOMEN - Serve Your  Country Where You Can and shows a female drummer
QREX# 1452 says "LEST WE PERISH - Campaign for ,000,000 American Committee For Relief in the Near East - Armenia - Greece - Syria - Persia" with image of woman holding out her hands palm out
QREX# 1453 with image of happy soldier carrying stack of books and says "BOOKS WANTED, For our men in camp and "over there" Take your gifts to the Public Library"
QREX# 1454 "Your money brings the book we need when we want it- American Library Association" with image of a soldier holding a book and a sailor reading one
QREX# 1455 shows a little boy placing a Red Cross Service flag in the house window and says "Have YOU a Red Cross Service Flag?"
QREX# 1456 says "Help the Horse to Save the Soldier, THE AMERICAN RED STAR ANIMAL RELIEF" and shows Uncle Sam leading a horse, as painted by James Montgomery Flagg. This WW1 program lending horses to the Army was the subject of a movie made in 2011
QREX# 1457 says "Side By Side - BRITANNIA" and shows Uncle Sam walking beside a British female warrior, accompanyed by a British lion and and American eagle. This one was also painted by Flagg (1918)
QREX# 1458 is image of the statue of General Pershing leading his troops with image of Christian crusaders in the background, and says "PERSHING'S CRUSADERS - Auspices of the United State Government" This was promoting a film produced for the war effort by that title
QREX# 1459 with image of workers on a girder with giant flag in background "TEAMWORK WINS - United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp"
QREX# 1460 shows a crashed fighter plane and says "Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work" (1917) probably aimed at war workers
James Montgomery Flagg was born in New York in 1877 and became a prolific artist in drawings, oil painting and posters. Well established by WW1, he adapted a famous British "I Want You" recruiting poster by posing as Uncle Sam in a mirror and painting his own image for the American version of the poster. It was so popular, it was seen thru WW1, WW2 and long after. Charles Livingston Bull was a famous wildlife artist, often sketching and painting animals in the Bronx Zoo and illustrated the first edition of Jack London's "Call Of The Wild." He also made several posters for Barnum & Bailey Circus. Howard Chandler Christy made many illustrations for magazines, including Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, but was best known for his idealized American women in advertising dubbed "Christy Girls" from the turn of the century on. Charles Dana Gibson studied art in France, Spain and Italy before returning to New York and by 1904 was the highest paid illustrator at 0,000 over 4 years from Collier's Magazine. Like Christy, he was best known for his illustrations dubbed "Gibson Girls." During WW1 he not only became a top illustrator for the war effort, he recruited other prominent artists for it and after the war became owner and editor of Life Magazine. Sadly, he died (1944) before seeing the famous photograph that "Life" ran at the end of WW2 of a sailor kissing a nurse on VE Day
Simply cut balsa or basswood to the size of the ends and then glue on the printed cardstock sides. A one-sheet of their instructions will be included with your purchase, or you could just glue them to the sides of an existing 40' boxcar with Elmer's glue. Strombecker suggested putting a 3rd piece of wood in the center to keep the sides from bowing, while Red Ball used solid wood sides.
Or buy old boxcars on Ebay and glue these sides onto the sides, or even build your own boxcars and glue them to boxcar frames that come up for sale from time to time on Ebay with trucks and couplers already attached. Ordinary Elmer white glue or Testors wood cement should work just fine and give you plenty of time to position each side just right, these are not stickers.
You could even buy plastic boxcar or reefer doors from another Ebay vender and glue them to the center for more of a 3-d look, and/or attach metal-type scale ladders to the side. These would fit right in with any steam or early diesel-era layout.
If you don't like it, simply send them back for a full refund.
Note: shipping is about the same rate for US, Canada and world-wide!