KCS Caboose 406

[kcs1967]

I have to do more to this but here is a so far shot

[RunningExtra]

Great job so far Justin, good looking fade as well, cant wait to see it finished!!

[kcs1967]

what do you think of the decaled sides. they are a bit weak , but it absolutely matches the prototype, I found a direct side shot on line and sized it to match and decaled the entire side. no weathering, I will add more weathering once I get the ends on. This one was before Walthers made the PC version so there is lots of cutting and flipping windows and filling.

[KCSRailfan]

Looks great.

[kcs1967]

thanks Damian

[gnsteve]

Was it difficult working with a decal of that size? I read about the process a few years ago (MR I think) but I wasn't fired up to try it myself. Now that you've used this method, are you going to use it again?

[kcs1967]

Mar 13, 2010 1:16:01 GMT -5 gnsteve said:

Was it difficult working with a decal of that size? I read about the process a few years ago (MR I think) but I wasn't fired up to try it myself. Now that you've used this method, are you going to use it again?

It wasn't bad, actually it was two decals per side, I could not find numbers the correct size, I started out thinking I would just make up the numbers, but once I started playing with it, I decided to give it a shot. I coated the sides with microset as I aplied each quarter, then with about 4 applications of microsol I got the results I was after. One thing I wish had done was to increase the contrast of the image, that would have given me a whiter white, which I could slways tone down through weathering, oh well live and learn. And yes, Steve I will definately use the process again, at least for my white cabooses.