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Re: First try on a locomotive - Puddlejumper - 06-24-2010
That round roof CF7 looks great!
Re: First try on a locomotive - Gary S - 06-24-2010
Keep up the good work, Reinhard. Your efforts will eventually convince me to weather my yellowbonnets also. I also like the "patch job" CSTR on the reporting marks. My shortline is the Almeda Terminal and Gulf, which was going to either be a "paper" shortline owned and operated by the ATSF, or it was going to be in a stretch where it was leasing ATSF power. But nothing wrong with patching an ATG onto them either.
Re: First try on a locomotive - Tom - 06-24-2010
Have you ever given any thought to taking some really fine grit sandpaper and fading the lettering that way?
Re: First try on a locomotive - faraway - 06-24-2010
Tom Wrote:Have you ever given any thought to taking some really fine grit sandpaper and fading the lettering that way?
I did use that technique on some boxcars and liked the result. I am still not brave enough to do it on an engine... But you are right, that would be the right treatment for a third hand engine that got never repainted.