Stewart Alco C-628 Project

[MASSIVERALPH]

After about 2 hours of masking effort, here is what you get. One thing I should mention. I use a lot of small pieces to mask the loco. They are easier to position on the model and I think result in a better mask job. Next paint!

FRONT

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[MASSIVERALPH]

The blue has been applied to the D&H unit, white to the LV. I still need more coats of white on the LV units.

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[MASSIVERALPH]

Off comes the masking. I'm happy. There is a little bleed at the doors, but nothing big. My fault for not doing a final press down with my fingernail. But this color separation will have a yellow stripe, so imperfections can be hidden. On the LV units where the white meets the black I need to do another step, before I apply the black. I need to seal the tape with either a clear or white. This way if there is any bleed, it will be clear or the same color resulting in a sharp color line separation..

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[MASSIVERALPH]

The funny part is that this is not even my loco. I need to move on to the LV units.

[gnatshop]

The funny part is that this is not even my loco. I need to move on to the LV units.

Forever shame and embarrassment if you were to get labeled a nice guy!
Paint job is looking good, though.

[MASSIVERALPH]

The funny part is that this is not even my loco. I need to move on to the LV units.

Forever shame and embarrassment if you were to get labeled a nice guy!
Paint job is looking good, though.

Can't have that...I have a rep to protect.

[lv4142003]

My, er, um That D&H 628 looks great. Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see it done, so I can run it! Hueber

[rebel]

I am impressed with your painting skills!!!!!!!!!

[MASSIVERALPH]

I am impressed with your painting skills!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the kind words Rebel.


I have to give props to a gentleman named Bill Lesser. He was a self taught custom painter back in my college days. He needed help and trained me how to paint brass. He had a large steam loco custom paint business. He was one of the best painters I have ever met. I can only hope to match his skill. I learned as much as I could. My favorite paint jobs back then were the SP daylight and GN Glacier park paint schemes. Boy those were purdy steam engines. I hated taking them apart and putting them back together. I loved working on the diesels, and he let me paint them to his hearts content. It was a valuable experience, as back in the bush days, if you modeled a small RR like I do, there was nothing painted for your road.

I'll give you an example. He had a small hobby shop operating out of his basement. There was a train show in the Pa Dutch area. Reading RR country. He would buy a case of Athearn twin hoppers from the distributor and we would paint and decal them up RDG and put them on the table. The line was 3 or 4 deep trying to purchase them. We always sold out. These were priced at 9 or 10 dollars. When the undec was 3 dollars. It was amazing and showed the demand for other RR's. stuff


Hueber, It's your loco. No wonder your smiling.

I detail it, I fix the drive train, I install the decoder and lighting, I paint it, I decal it, I weather it, You run it.

Something wrong with this picture.

Bottom line, for a lifelong friend like you, I'm getting away cheap!

Next when the paint dries, I will spray it with a gloss coat and put it a baggie. You never know when I will pick it up again the way I model.

You must put a gloss coat on top of the flat Pollyscale, or the decals won't adhere.

This sounds like a cold winter morning project. That will get Hueber going.

[MASSIVERALPH]

Great thread Ralph. I'm glad to see you back at it. You're doing things that I've never attempted. I'm not sure I ever will but if I do at least I'll have some idea how to go about it. Thanks for the updates!

If anyone ever wants to attempt painting their own, it really is not hard. Using an airbrush is a five minute learning curve, the rest is not that difficult. I am a phone call or e mail away and would be glad to assist anyone. I'm no expert, but I like having something no one else has, or improving a Mfg paint job. Plus the satisfaction of having done it yourself is priceless.