CPR FA2+B+A - Printable Version

CPR FA2+B+A - Printable Version

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CPR FA2+B+A - sailormatlac - 01-04-2012

Hi!

I've completed my set of CPR FA2-B-A today. I didn't bash them or superdetailled them too much, just enough to get a CPR look (I mean those oversized winter hatches!). It will be a consist used on the club layout, so I don't want any fancy work to be ruined by some heavy hands! ;-) The only shortcoming is that I found too much later that MLW FA-2 had an hybrid roof design that was reminescent of FA-1... Wallbang

Well, they are my last FA units ever... I feel like I've done too much FA in the latest 30 days!!!

[Image: FA2001.jpg]

I first bought a set of Miniature by Eric FA2 winter hatches... Wasn't that much impressed about the fitting. It was probably sculpted to fit an other maker than P2K... So, with some picture sent by some gentleman, I decided to scratchbuild mine with styrene and add a little bit more details (lift rings, hatches, etc.). Painting was done using a spray can, kind of candy red by Testor... Why? My Action Red dried in the pot and this can was sitting on the shelf. I also sprayed a coat of an oranger red with my airbrush to tone down the candy look. It matched pretty well my Athearn BB CP Rail FA+B (which is probably not prototypical at all). Anyway, after some reading, I came to the conclusion that early Action Red was not something that was really consistent. Action Red seems to have been different from shop to shop. Some engines faded rather quickly into pink and other orange! However, I'll try to go on the orangish side as much as I can... Decals are by Microscale and AccuDecal. I wish AccuDecal were still in business, their decals settle better and are thinner than Microscale. Also, the stripes aren't wide enough for FA. I had to make the front part in two halves... It's a miracle every stripes aligned decently...

[Image: FA2003b.jpg]

Now, they are waiting at Montmorency Locomotive Works with two other CPR steam engines waiting their final overhaul. I'll weather them tomorrow. Weathering will be a little bit extreme because I've seen many pictures of them around 1973 and they already looked like rust buckets. Trucks and tanks have already received a first coat of weathering.

Matt

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - Ralph - 01-04-2012

Oh I LIKE those!!!!!! They look great lashed up together! Beautiful work! Thumbsup

Ralph

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - Tyson Rayles - 01-04-2012

That is a beautiful set of locos! Cheers

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - Herc Driver - 01-05-2012

Now they make a statement! Boom! Red, white, and black...eye catching colors to be sure. Nicely done! (And those stripes look perfectly aligned to me.)

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - sailormatlac - 01-05-2012

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Does some knows why the truck bearings are yellowish? I would like to reproduce this feature since I model the sam locomotive #.

Matt

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - cn nutbar - 01-05-2012

Excellent work Matt---almost as nice as your CNR FA units Icon_lol

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - jwb - 01-05-2012

How did you do the black panels on the tops of the noses? Very nice job.

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - sailormatlac - 01-05-2012

jwb Wrote:How did you do the black panels on the tops of the noses? Very nice job.

I made a drawing of the nose and then madea pattern out of it. I used it to make a masking tape shape that fitted perfectly the perimeter of the nose. Not that hard, but I first painted two units. Later, I decided to make a second FA2... Lots of fun to retrieve the masking tape shape in the garbage bin!

I almost finished the weathering. I'll probably post a few pictures in the next hour or so.

Matt

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - sailormatlac - 01-05-2012

The guys at the shop recommended CPR to use GERN diesel fuel additive for a cleaner combustion (about 3% cleaner they said!)... Looks like they didn't give it a try... Cheap private corporation! ;-) FB unit engine seems to be quite defective... just like the real thing.

[Image: FA2009b.jpg]

Matt

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - jwb - 01-05-2012

So how did you do the weathering?

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - sailormatlac - 01-05-2012

jwb Wrote:So how did you do the weathering?

First step: I sprayed a light gray-tan wash over the entire sheel to tone down the paint.

Second step: Oil paint washes with mineral spirit.

Third step: Oil paint to make rust patches and streaks.

Fourth step: Grimy black wash sprayed over the roof.

Fifth step: Pastel chalk (different colors) & Dullcoating. Repeated a few times to get the right look.

I did go easy on dusting. I have picture of these real three engines and except the greasy MLW-Alco look, they were quite clean in this aspect.

Trucks were weathered with airbrushed acrylic washes. Three different colors ranging from grey, tan & rust. Details were drybrushed and dusting done with pastel chalk again (not sealed to keep the fresh look).

Matt

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - Tyson Rayles - 01-05-2012

sailormatlac Wrote:

Does some knows why the truck bearings are yellowish? I would like to reproduce this feature since I model the sam locomotive #.

Matt

They are painted that color on purpose, no I don't know why. I have seen it on some of our own stock ( Great Smoky Mountain RR) and have been meaning to ask.

Your locos look even better now! Thumbsup

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - doctorwayne - 01-05-2012

Nice work, Matt, as usual. Thumbsup

FAs, from any road, are among my favourites.

Wayne

Re: CPR FA2+B+A - BR60103 - 01-06-2012

I think the yellow has something to do with the roller bearing journals. I can't remember if it's for all roller bearings or to indicate a certain size or type. I saw a reference recently to Timken yellow in a paint spec...