Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Mar 13, 2009 17:42:49 GMT -5
I found this picture of D&H GP38-2 #7324 with almost all of the D&H blue paint chipped off, revealing the loco's original LV paint job. I decided I wanted to model this locomotive, but wasn't sure how to go about it.  After much trial-and-error, I came up with this.  For the "chipped paint" look, I fully painted and lettered the locomotive for LV (other than the yellow nose). Then, I brush painted on some D&H blue. I waited about 20 minutes for the paint so set up, then dipped a clean brush into paint thinner and literally chipped away at the paint. I then decaled the D&H lettering over it. The results can be seen below in some in-progress shots:    More pictures of this loco here: s529.photobucket.com/albums/dd334/therudycometh/Model%20Pictures/DH%207324/ |
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sarge
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Post by sarge on Mar 13, 2009 18:24:48 GMT -5
Nice job. Interesting loco and method  Welcome aboard  |
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Post by Randy Earle on Mar 13, 2009 18:48:57 GMT -5
I've got a video by Hopewell Productions called "Dateline D&H" that has units like that going up Belden Hill. Really nice!
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Smoke
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The Ski Train!!!!
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Post by Smoke on Mar 13, 2009 19:13:25 GMT -5
That looks great! Have you heard of the salt masking method? I think that it would work quite well for this particular example.
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Mar 13, 2009 19:30:50 GMT -5
That looks great! Have you heard of the salt masking method? I think that it would work quite well for this particular example. No, I haven't. What's involved? |
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Smoke
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The Ski Train!!!!
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Post by Smoke on Mar 13, 2009 19:46:34 GMT -5
That looks great! Have you heard of the salt masking method? I think that it would work quite well for this particular example. No, I haven't. What's involved? what you do is paint your base coat, in your case blue and let it dry. Once that is dry, take some salt and mis it with some water to make some paste. Apply the salt paste to the model and let it dry. Paint the top coat, red, and let dry. then come back and "knock" the salt off the model, revealing the blue paint underneath. The weathering guys use this method quite a bit and so more info can be found over at MTW. I haven't quite tried this method yet, but the results I have seen look fantastic. -Andrew |
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
Posts: 1,073
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Mar 13, 2009 23:45:30 GMT -5
I did the same paint job for D&H 7314 about 10 years ago on anAthearn BB unit. Mine was done with Modelflex paint and the blue was wiped off with cotton swabs and alcohol. My engine is also an Athearn BB... it used to be my dad's, it's probably 15-20 years old. The gears needed to be oiled so it would even run. |
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