IORY 4008 & NECR 4048

[IORY87]

Here are 2 of my recent custom paint & patch jobs, IORY GP40 #4008(Ex-UP) & NECR GP40-1 #4048. Now IORY 4008 kinda looks like a beat up piece of junk but I love all the rust and exhaust stains! NECR 4048 is a unit I have wanted to do for a long time but could not find a good paint match for the NECR Gold paint, atlas did a good job when they did the NECR GP38's. This was a parts box build as it started out as a bare shell & I found the handrails, cab glass, light bars, MU hoses etc in my parts box. I used a custom mixed CSX blue & CSX YN3 gold for the color, it took about 10 coats of gold to get iti to cover over light grey! Also the pilot should be gold but I didnt see that unitl I had sprayed the gold so I added a gold plow so it doesnt look to bad

Here is the real NECR 4048
www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2355528

Then My NECR 4048

IORY 4008


IORY87

[ranchwagon]

Wow! Very nice work, I especially like the weathering on 4008. Are you sure that's not the 1:1?!!

[IORY87]

Jan 11, 2011 17:36:29 GMT -5 @nbec said:

I think you did a great job matching the gold and blue. What is the purpose of the piece on the roof above the conductors door?

That is the beacon stand, but as you can tell no beacon remains


IORY87