N Scale C-628 - C&NW 6724

[mandealco]

Hi
I've been playing a bit more with preshading, this time on my C&NW high nose C-628.  I saw the 6724 in Green Bay in August 1985, only wish I had taken more photos of her.  Is it okay to call it a 'her'?  Quite the brute really. 

Starting with a kitbash on an Atlas C-628, with a Mark4 cab and short hood and a few other mods, I then painted it white followed by a black wash in the grills and other places I wanted to look a little dirtier.  I added a little Micro Mask in a couple of places including the rotary beacon.  Somewhere in the masking process I didn't notice it came off the beacon, so I now have a green beacon to replace!!!


I then painted it to represent a Zito yellow version (6724).  The preshading shows through nicely, even better than the photo shows.

Then the green, and we end up with this.  Preshading doesn't show much in the photo, but does look good.

Now to add the last 2 grabs, handrails, decals and some light sooty weathering and grime, and replace the beacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although the big Alco's may have been trouble prone, they were at their best in mineral service where they would dig in and pull all day.  Although the C&NW replaced the C-628's in the late '80's, they never really were 'replaced'.  Various SD's were tried on the ore trains, but nothing pulled them as well as these, nor looked or sounded as good. 


Cheers
Steve
NZ

[simulatortrain]

Beast of an engine, even in N scale! Great work.

[mandealco]

Hi
6724 is nearly ready, just a little soot to go on the roof and a clear coat and she's done.

Cheers
Steve
NZ

[m a y o r 79]

Thats a very interesting weathering technique. It looks very light in the final picture, does it show thru more in person? I wonder how it would work with a slightly darker body color. Maybe just a heavier blackwash?

[mandealco]

Hi
It does look a lot better in the flesh. I've only been experimenting with the concept, but you can find info on "pre-shading" mainly used by model aircraft builders. I think the white undercoat is important for contrast, but the darker the top colour, the less effective the end result. I've so far used it on this model and a couple of red locos. The key is to have good contrast and as little top coat as possible. Also in our favour with dark colours, if we are weathering the model, it's quite likely the main colour has faded, so will be lighter than new anyway.

It's worth having a go, as the result is nice. Hope this helps.

Cheers
Steve
NZ

[roadkill]

VERY nice!!!