Extended Height Santa Fe car closes on completion

Well, about a month ago I painted the car with the TruColor paint for Santa Fe red in the late 1940's. Now I have to paint the roof black representing a tar finish over metal. First, I have to mask the car. Sides are relatively easy.

My Tamiya tape closely follows the overhang of the roof panels

Ends are a bit of a problem, especially where the brake is. Also, I have to be careful about those delicate ladders I mentioned back in the January posting. 

The tight trimming is now done.

Next, I cut down a paper towel and using broader Tamiya tape, tape that onto the base tape.

First the sides and then I have to seal off the ends. 

We are getting closer to the painting part which is the quickest. 

Now we have sprayed the roof and will take off the tape before anything sets up.

We got a nice even coat.

Side looks good

Tape is all off and it did its job. No apparent damage to the brake platform or wheel. 

The car needs a day to dry and then we can get on to lettering. After the lettering and all handling is almost done, I will put the Morton Roof Walk on. The paint is very dark so I will add some lightening weathering to highlight some details. 
 

More Engine Work - Cab numbers and Road name

So, I have two engines that are waiting for their cabs to be completed. The problem is that they need canvas side shades over their side windows. So, here is a cab for an Oriental GP9 with a canvas roller system over the side window. I have put the first silver coat on the windows and drilled the holes for the shade supports. I also added the wind deflectors.

Here is the window on the other side which I have modeled as open. 

Just a view of the third workbench with backed up projects!

Now I have added the engine numbers using Champ numbers

The other side of the cab. I still have to do more touch up to the silver window trim. 

Here I have put the numbers on the RS1. Also painted the stack a silver that I will weather later. This is the other engine that needs a cab shade in canvas. This one will have open shades, rather than rolled up ones. 

I also use rub-ons from Clover House for my road names. I set the backing paper in place, carefully measuring for level and placement. Then I use two different tools to rub them on. A board tip fr large spaces and a small tip to get closer in corners. 

This is how it looks after the rub on. 

The other side window. You can also see the fuel lettering above the fill. I have to paint that red. 

 Here is the lettering done on one the side. The smaller lettering are Microscale decals. 

Now, on to the cap shades!

Pressing to Finish Some Engines - Shop Switcher

Well, I was looking for a shop switcher for my future Milton Tank Car Company in Milton, PA. A friend of mine, John Roberts, had lettered this Yoder GE 45 Tonner for the Newport News Shipyard and Dry Dock Company. I plan to leave this lettering as John has passed. I will say they are evaluating it as a potential replacement for a steam engine (It is 1956 after all). 

So, when I got the model, it was all flat black, including the interior, with the yellow railings.  John has done a very nice job weathering it as well. 

So, when I figured out how to disassemble it, I learned it had a cab interior. So, I set about glazing hte windows and adding a crew. 

This engine has separate motors for each truck. It also has a rectifying circuit under the tanks. There was next to no space to work but I got the interior out, painted it and then added a crewman. He has white hair as I modeled for him. 

So, here is the completed engine, ready to go to work at the tank car building plant.

Here is shot that shows me in the cab. you can see that the interior is now grey with a black control power. There are white painted dials on the panel.