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Accucraft Goose 2

Over the course of the last few weeks and a handful of posts on here, I acquired a Goose 2 and that’s when the fun began. The first step was to acquire some decals to replace the stock decals that were flaking off that I had seen in the pictures sent over by the gentleman I purchased it from.

Once the Goose arrived and due to Fedex’s careful handling I found it in this condition… Thankfully I was able to find all of the pieces and not have to fab anything up.

So I did a little repair and fortunately its hard to tell it was ever in pieces.

Next I used a little nail polish remover and got rid of the remaining decals. It cleaned up pretty well.

I got some of the Testers model spray paint and repainted the Goose.

And thanks to Stan Cedarleaf for his great product, I was able to re-letter the Goose

I spent a little time this morning installing an Airwire system, and as a nice gesture I was fortunate enough to gain a Phoenix sound system for the Goose. It’s not the EXACT sound file, but the price was right and I think it’ll do. It will also be more suitable once some programming is done to the sound board.

Here is the Goose out on the line and running very well! I just want to thank everyone who made this project happen! You are all awesome and it was a pleasure doing business with you!

Untitled from Matt Z on Vimeo.

Thanks for looking!
Matt

Well done Matt, your goose looks great. I had a similar problem with the pilot of my goose #7. The original owner dropped it on its nose then super glued it back together. When I bought it I broke the pilot apart and used PC11 to put it back together and now its much stronger. The black lines that outline the rear box was flaking off but my lettering was fine. I used Model Plane striping tape to redo the outlines.

I know the goose logo is not correct but I like it.

Matt,

looks great. where did you get the decals? I have a similar problem with my #7.

Al P.

You can buy vinyl graphics from https://www.gscalegraphics.net/ and water transfer from Stan Cedarleaf http://gold.mylargescale.com/StanCedarleaf/WebPageDecals/CustomDecalsx.html

On my Goose 7 Stan made the “Goose” Graphic for me but on my repaint of the K-36 I used the Vinyl graphics and I recommend the vinyl for your Goose 7. The finished looks factory and putting them on is almost mistake proof with no clear film between letters.

Bob, that Goose looks great. From what I’ve seen from your layout posts and on this thread, it looks like you have a nice equipment roster. Hard to go wrong with anything narrow gauge though, in my opinion at least.

Al, just as Bob said, you can get either the vinyl or the water transfer. I got mine from Stan Cedarleaf and he can custom make anything you would like. He is very punctual and will make sure the sheets are right and that you’re happy with the product. Also, what I have found is that you can do a coat of clear (satin/gloss/matte) over the decals and it eliminates a lot of the clear film in between.

Thanks for the kind words!

Matt