11-22-2009, 11:52 AM
The model is pretty much finished apart from painting and adding decals.
Some (many) details have been omitted - the railings should be thinner and more intricate, but this is still styrene and N. Some more steps and railings here and there, nuts, stuff...but: still N and my first scratchbuilt locomotive. (well, apart from the motor, that is)
Lights work and change depending on the direction, thanks to advanced LED technology, they are a bit too yellow maybe.
The distance between the bogies is a bit too much and the couplers stick out too much, but that is something I'll just have to live with. Some parts are too rough, others possibly too fine - Most of the grilles on the sides has been made by scoring the plastic with the xacto, hopefully paint will not render them invisible.
As for painting: mostly blood red, with black and yellow warning stripes on front and back, blue-grey underside. Painting may not happen immediately as I haven't invested in an airbrush yet and should probably learn to use one before ruining this locomotive.
Some (many) details have been omitted - the railings should be thinner and more intricate, but this is still styrene and N. Some more steps and railings here and there, nuts, stuff...but: still N and my first scratchbuilt locomotive. (well, apart from the motor, that is)
Lights work and change depending on the direction, thanks to advanced LED technology, they are a bit too yellow maybe.
The distance between the bogies is a bit too much and the couplers stick out too much, but that is something I'll just have to live with. Some parts are too rough, others possibly too fine - Most of the grilles on the sides has been made by scoring the plastic with the xacto, hopefully paint will not render them invisible.
As for painting: mostly blood red, with black and yellow warning stripes on front and back, blue-grey underside. Painting may not happen immediately as I haven't invested in an airbrush yet and should probably learn to use one before ruining this locomotive.
-norm