David Marconi said:This is coming from a man who showed us 45 pictures of a partially shingled roof.................and still has a clock tower, with no clock ;) I'm thinkin that was your dog pissin on the trains. You know what they say about dogs takin on their master's habits :D. Ralph
Hey Ralph it's page two. If all you're going to do is show us bits and pieces of a loco you can't figure out what to do with, send it this way and we'll get a build going. :) ;)
Ralph Berg said:Ralph, Your mistaken at the age when you receive social security and pensions you only pee in you pants and certainly are not able to lift your leg without falling down. ;)
I'm thinkin that was your dog pissin on the trains. You know what they say about dogs takin on their master's habits :D. Ralph
I think the copper on the Buddy L was plated and not paint. The copper between the smoke box and boiler had turned green. I left a little copper…just for Rooster. Now I have to find a copper paint for the air tank bands. Snowing tonight. It may be a while before I can spray any paint. Ralph
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You have shaken the “Copper Gods”
Finally some progress. Looks good Ralph. Is this your challange project?
No progress. Just piddlin waiting for some nice weather to paint. I decided to use a smoke stack from a Big Hauler. I think it looks better than the Buddy L stack. Going to have to do something about the bell. Looks cheesey next to the copper. Ralph
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David Marconi said:No. My job is to get all you yahoos involved ;) But if you enter......I'll build something. Ralph
Is this your challange project?
Well, This is turning into “Pimp my Buddy L” 
Ralph
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Ralph if nothing else people will not be able to call your color schemes boring. Put a yellow and blue strip on that and I think you will have covered the rainbow. 
David Marconi said:If everyone had a perfectly weathered black loco.........it would become the norm and no longer special. So, I'm taking one for the "team" :lol: Ralph
Ralph if nothing else people will not be able to call your color schemes boring. Put a yellow and blue strip on that and I think you will have covered the rainbow. :) :D ;)
I slapped it together, sans plumbing and detail parts, to see how it looks. I think I’m going to repaint the cab. Need to tweak the red/black combination. Ralph
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Ralph that looks much better. I just got your e-mail. Ive been slow with checking e-mails latley. You still need that picture?
Shawn said:Yes, That would help. I've had this thing in pieces for a long time. Ralph
Ralph that looks much better. I just got your e-mail. Ive been slow with checking e-mails latley. You still need that picture?
Ralph,
Try this link
http://paintshop.railfan.net/paint_scheme_design.html
Then look under steam on the left scrool bar and color the pictures till you get what you want
I like that copper
Looking good, Ralph!
I put three pounds of lead in mine, that gave it plenty of traction even on my steep grades. Had to replace the motor after a while though, and not long after that I gave up on running it as everything else seemed to be wearing out. By that time I had my sweet BBT loco anyway.
you could: Add black to the bottom of the cab=red stripe in the middle for you lettering…
overall-that looks much better!
C. Nelson said:
you could: Add black to the bottom of the cab=red stripe in the middle for you lettering....overall-that looks much better!
That is along the lines of what I was thinking. Bring the black down a little lower from the top and add some black to the bottom.
I think I’ll add some black to the domes too, so I have a red stripe above the boiler and another below the dome caps.
Dave M,
That is a pretty neat little tool. Thanks.
Ralph
The weather this Winter has made painting a tough task. When temps do hit 50 degrees, winds have been 50mph and more. So, 35 and sunny has been the best I’ve had for painting. And there haven’t been a lot of those days either. With all the projects I have needing paint, I managed to get the Buddy L somewhat finished. I had problems with the domes. They need repainted. But that will wait for Spring. I took out some of the red to tone it down. Ralph
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Ralph, Nice Engine…