Julia's New Girl's Train

[billbarman]

very nice! did that engine come with a starter set form the 1990s?

[lionelsoni]

How unprototypical!  That locomotive is the wrong color.  Are you trying to warp that young girl's mind?  It is closer to lilac than pink; and any real railroader knows that lilac is used only for hopper cars;-)

[wrmcclellan]

Jim - just like the pink submarine in Operation Petticoat. Just say they mixed up the red and white lead primers!

[mitchelr]

Jim,

Very impressive paint job. Pink is supposed to be a calming color.  Julia is one lucky little girl.   I would go with her lettering choice.

Mitch 

[otftch]

Thought I was the only "nut" who re-painted his trains.Really looks great.

                                                                 Ed

[USNRol]

Very nice job.  I wish I could do the same thing for my two girls (no boys) and achieve comparable results.  Luckily my girls are still pretty entertained by the black locos, so I guess I'll save a "Pink Loco" project for a last resort to keep them interested someday.

Roland

P.S.  Would very much like to see after decals are applied!

[Jumijo]

Yes, it's a starter set loco and tender from the 1990's. I have a bunch of cars awaiting the dip in super Clean before a repaint. And I will most definitely post photos of the decals. Julia won out (no surprise) so we will do it her way!

I've since repainted a K-Line starter set Pacific and tender black. Did that just yesterday with great results. Previously, the loco was lime green and the tender was blue - holiday train I got very cheap! Now to decal it for the Boston and Maine and add a real coal load to the tender!

Thank you all for the gracious comments!

Jim