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Modeling
#1

So I have been working on modeling this

And last night I more or less finished it

Yes, I know it’s not exactly the same as the prototype–the venting is very different, the handrails. etc. It came out ok–the white chevrons were /are a mess. The brushed on polyscale bled through the masking tape all over the place. They’re too wide. I used pactra tape for the pinstripes and I’m not sure how that will hold up. The letters/numbers are just vinyl stickers printed on my inkjet printer–ok but not great

With a little weathering–and an rc install–it’ll be ready for revenue service. Thanks to everyone for their advice and encouragement. Now onto that boxcab…

#2

Mike,

I think that you have caught the flavor of that diseasal quite well. From ten feet away, who the heck will notice any flaws.

I used to worry about people noticing mistakes when I did solo work on the French Horn until I realized that they didn’t have the chart in front of them. They probably wouldn’t notice, anyway.

#3

That looks great! I wouldn’t worry about any perceived flaws…

#4

It looks great! It looks slightly weathered and that is how all the prototypes end up. Hit it with a little medium to dark grey wash and it will highlight the molded in parts of the cab. A little beige wash along the lower portion for the dust it kicks up. I’ve got one that Goodson did for me with battery and RCS. Pulls like a champ.

#5

Great job Mike.
So what type of pin striping did you end up using?
Ralph

#6

Thanks very much everyone!

It’s a good runner and pulls well for its small size. I need to figure out how to get aristo couplers on it (yeah, I know, but they work for me) without having them stick ten scale feet out in front of the pilot

Ralph it’s Pactra brand from the local hobby store. It’s not holding as well as I’d like, but it is very thin. I tried to go with Richard Smith’s recommendation of automobile pinstripe tape but our local store didn’t have anything appropriate

#7

Mike,

Get them where you want them and then hit them with a thin coat of “clear coat”. They’ll stay.

#8

Very nice! You done yourself proud with that.

Can’t wait to see the boxcab.

Later,

K

#9

I started cutting up a USA trains reefer for the boxcab today. Cut 4 scale feet off each end. But I’ll be going slow, and we’re going on vacation next week.

#10

Looks real good to me. If you want to, you could touch up the white bleeds with a little of the background color and a fine paint brush. But even as it is now, any imperfections are pretty minimal, and will be even more so after a bit of weathering.

#11

Mike,
Nice job. If you want to prevent bleeding in the future try this.
After applying the mask, spray the same color as the color being masked over the edges of the tape, being careful to feather it in to the surrounding areas.
Let it set for 24 hours then paint your next color. That way the color that bleeds through is the same color as the color being masked.

#12

Richard–thanks, that’s a great tip. I will absolutely try that next time

#13

Looks good Mike. Passed under an old W&OD ROW bridge on the western side of 495 the other day. Never noticed it before till you brought it up about the old RR.

#14

Mike:

Center cab locomotives are some of my favorite ones. Finding and modeling a unique prototype example is special. That is a very credible job!

You pointed out some flaws that you can see, but I had to really look hard to see any flaws at all in the pix. Usually the pix are harsher judges, so those flaws can’t be too bad.

Ray’s touchup suggestion is really good. I’ve straightened up some real messes!

Happy Modeling,

Jerry

#15
Richard Kapuaala said:
Mike, Nice job. If you want to prevent bleeding in the future try this. After applying the mask, spray the same color as the color being masked over the edges of the tape, being careful to feather it in to the surrounding areas. Let it set for 24 hours then paint your next color. That way the color that bleeds through is the same color as the color being masked.
So simple, so elegant.