Mitch, I am so impressed the added details look fantastic. What colour will the railings be? I gather they will be white?
Those are looking excellent with the added details. I intend doing that with all my locomotives when I get the time! I have a ton of detail parts in stock ready The grabs/steps really make a difference, also the lift rings (must check if I have any of those in stock). Mitch, what make(s) of detail parts do you use? I can sense Paul's excitement as the locomotives progress
paul the handrails will be blue with the ends vertical rails being white. alan i use jnj trains 15" drop grab irons, gold medal models loco detailing set which incldes the sunshades, windshield wipers, and the lift rings, as for the bells they are sunrise and the beacon for the top will be a deluxe innovations. needdless to say my local shop gets an order of parts in for me about 1 time a month. now if i could only find a decent supply for atlas parts other than their catalog.
Mopac, Your work is straight-up fantastic! That pair of 'Deuces' looks great! I should scrounge up a few more Kato snoots for the chop shop....
<font color="336633">Well there is nothing I like to see more than a BNSF loco with its paint stripped off....... but this does look very good so far (even if its not in BN green!) What do you use to get Kato Paint off???</font>
matt i use chameleon stripper for them, i have it in liquid and gel form, it is available through walthers. i had a hard time with this bnsf paint for some reason, usually will clean them right off but didn't like taking this green off for some reason. it also works great for just removing numbers from cabs or the long hood, if applied for a very short time it won't harm the paint job. got more coming later of the blue applied.
well i was hoping to have some more done by now, but i'll be darned if someone in town here didn't decide to go and burn the house up tonight, so i got stuck fighting fire tonight , i will get some more done tomorrow after a nice shower and a good nights sleep.
Gee Mitch some people can be so inconsiderate can't they lol. Was really looking forward to seeing the progress but an extra day won't hurt. I even showed my wife and kids last night the progress and they love it as well.
well i got some more done, the units are ready for decals now, that will be tomorrow and wednesday's projects.
Mitch, They look awesome I noticed the horns have been removed what colour will they be? Did we agree to put the large eagle down the side? I think we did but can't remember. I'm really looking forward to getting them back and showing some pics on my layout. Also Mitch will you be spraying the locos with dullcote to seal the decals? [ 01. April 2003, 09:42: Message edited by: Colonel ]
Wow. Mopac, you really have a nice set of 40's going for the Colonel... Kudos! *even if they aren't BN green...*
He does a even better job on BN and BNSF paint schemes.But I have let him rest from that for a while,or at least until the Vommit Bonnett needs done.....Come on Mitch you know that is your favorite BNSF paint scheme. And I must say things are comming along very nicely on those Mopac's Mitch.
clolonel the horns are blue and yes it will have the large eagle on the side. once the decalling is done they will be sprayed with dullcote for the finish. firscobob i use polly s csx blue with just a hint of black added, it is almost a perfect match to the accuflex mopac blue. hey ed i do like the vomit bonnet but i just can't bring myself to paint that God forsaken bnsf junk. just kidding, you got's a checkbook, i got paint!
Mopac: Any reason for the choice of paint? I ask 'cause I've always liked the ModelFlex MoPac blue (even though they don't call it Jenks). I'm real impressed with the uncoupling lever, I tried those on an SD80 and had a devil of a time lining it all up, even now one doesn't quite lie flat.
eagle2 the biggest reason for the choice of paint is none of the local shops around here will get modelflex in anymore due to the bad runs they had a few years ago, heck they won't even special order it, and i have had some bad experiences with it, mainly the clear flat is the worst flat i have used, and if you try spraying polly s over it instead, you may as well strip it and start over. i also get a smoother finish from polly s, badger had a grainy finish when i had some that worked. also the coupler cut levers are actually the molded kato ones just with paint on them. i tried to make my own at one time and finally gave up, i need to get some of the blma's sometime and try them. also colonel i won't be posting anymore updates until at least monday, i have a show this weekend and my yard modules need some tweeking for it, i did get some decalling started though.
Well Mitch the deal is off then would you mind re painting these to BNSF and returning ASAP lol No thats fine whenever you can do them is fine I am looking forward to seeing the progress but Monday is just fine
Jeesh Colonel, you sound like my wife, can't make up your mind Mitch, if you'd like, go ahead and paint them mulepack black, i'll be happy to have them !!
