Nwe Paint on Old Loco

[TrainClown]

New Paint on Old Loco

Hi gang!

Well It's been a while since I got to do some work on my rolling stock. I aint touched this fella for almost 6 months now. :cry: Got out the ol; air brush and gave my Alco engine a spray. :thumb: Still not happy with the way it looks, but it's better than no paint. Gave the tender I bashed for it a squirt too. I need to work on the rust some more. Not rusty enough.

Looks real keen all one color though. Maybe I should add some texture where the rust is bad?

What do you think so far?

Anyone else got a rusty engine?

TrainClown

 

[Fred_M]

:thumb: X4 Fred

 

[Ralph]

Looks great to me as is TC!
Ralph

 

[Tyson Rayles]

TC the paint and rust look great. I'm trying to figure out if it's a narrow gauge or standard gauge. The headlight and smokestack size to boiler look NG but the cab to boiler size look SG.

 

[t. alexander]

TC, Looks rusty enough for me. I think she's ready for a number and company advertising. Then some soot & weather streaks.
That is a gem of an engine btw. I love the lamp and brackets.

t.

 

[JBBVry]

looks great who made her?

 

[Glen Haasdyk]

Looks good TC, could you tell us how you rusted her? I'm always looking for new weathering techneics.

 

[TrainClown]

Thanks for the kind comments you guys. I still want a better rusted look to the engine yet. Maybe some moss growing in the odd spot.

Tyson: It's all standard gauge. I like the look of the big stacks from the old wood burning days. I know it's large, but that's the way it came out. My first stack too. The lamp didn't look large when I was building it, but after installation, I almost chucked it for being to big. But I looked at some stuff on the net and found some lamps, especially the older ones, are larger, due to the relatively poor light sours. I still have to fit the stack to the boiler better.
Here is a stack that came with my Climax model from Roundhouse. It now sits atop the boiler that use to be in front of the cab I volunteered for the Alco. This is a Climax in the scratching. Okay okay, I know the lamp needs sanding.

JBBVry: I'm not sure who made it. Some fellows on the Gauge told me it was probably a Rivossorie (sp) and it could be I guess. It has "Made in Italy" in a few places.

Glen: I just attacked her with rust paint and a paint brush. That's the way it stands now, but I have some other ideas I want to try. Check this post later to see how it comes out.

TrainClown