Trainiac77
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Very cool thinking. Are you going to make this DCC?
Hi Bill,I am inside taking a break from cleaning off the front porch, and did a little work getting the Ma & Pa 2-8-0 ready for the paint shop.
in the photo the locomotive body , the tender frame and body, are in a margarine tub (clean) with some ivory liquid, waiting to get boiling water poured on it. The locomotive frame is already painted.
after getting several baths with boiling water, it will get soaked in vinegar for a half an hour or so to lightly etch the brass, get more baths of boiling water , be allowed to dry . and then after masking a couple spots to preserve the electrical path, it will get some paint!
The first green cab I did was on Dr Tom's #1 when I rebuilt it and painted it. Later, as I reworked a lot of my narrow gauge locomotives, the State Line RR locomotives got green cabs. I have considered blue cabs for the Marietta and north GA. locomotives, but not acted on that crazed impulse yet.
The green cab trend has crept into the standard gauge now, and I may add this look to many of my standard gauge locomotives that have wood cabs, we will see, I do like the look. this one needs a second coat in places the green doesn't cover the black well.
Bill
Bill,
I always liked this color scheme.....very classy. The green really picks up the tree colors (spring/summer) and really works well I think for mountain railroads in steam.
My $.02.
Doc Tom