NS C40-8W 8339

[montyvox]

Good morning-

Here is my latest project.

It's an Atlas ex-Conrail Norfolk Southern C40-8W. I wanted to get that "weathered/faded" look to it, so after asking around here and getting some tips, I used a blend of GN skyblue and a little bit of reefer white, thinned down with some water and gave it a nice wash with roughly 3-4 coats.

I painted out the road number first, which was 6094. Then once I washed the unit and dull coated it, I applied the patch to it last night and then I added the road numbers to it last night, as well as painting the a/c unit black, which the real one had before it was painted in NS black.

Next up is the number boards and then add some of the detail parts and then a slight weathering, becuase I don't want to loose the wash work.

Thanks for looking- I'm very happy the way it came out.

Thanks!
Matt

[m a y o r 79]

Looks like she's got a few miles under her, nice job!

[nssd70m]

Nice unit! I have a similar NS patched Conrail C40-8W on my roster.