Creating a G-Scale Ghost Train

[Anonymous]

Well gentlemen you can all speculate about Ghost trains but I think I saw one and it had a normal single large whitish yellow headlamp, mounted high up on the front of the engine.

My mothers family owned a large sheep property in north west New South Wales called Wilga Mount. It was either at the start of WW2 or just before it. I was not old enough to go to school so iguess it was 1941 or so (Australia was in WW2 a long time before USA).

My cousin Bill Jarvis owned an "A" model Ford Coupe (single seater with canvas roof) which was down. He had given my mother and me a lift back into town. It was a clear very bright moonlight night and the roads out there are dead straight for miles and miles. I could clearly see all the grey dead trees as I sat between the two adults, as the car drove along.

We noticed what we thought was another car coming up behind us travelling very fast, As it got closer we pulled over a bit too let it pass but it still came up right behind us and Bill remarked it looks like and sounded like a steam engine; but this was out in the bush, no railway lines or anything like that. With a roar and a whoosh it passed right over us and disappeared straight ahead at ground level into the distance.

Bill stopped the car and two shaken adults and one scared kid quietly talked it over and decided not to tell anyone about for a while. But we all agreed that we had seen the same thing.

Looking into it later I thought it was a phenemon in NSW known as the MIn- Min light but it was not in the right place, it hangs out many miles away (Oz was not a metric country then)

So it is right, ghost engines are black and they have a large white headlamd at least Aussie ones do.


Rgs Ian

[Anonymous]

Locomotive10
You could try to get the peices to vibrate at a high frequency. It should make the edges slightly fuzzy so that they kind of fade away instead of being sharp.
Scott

[Anonymous]

Hi locomotive 10
Loco + two cars should be fine
It will take time and patience to get the paint job right so that should be
enough to keep you occupied for a while don't put any paint on the train untill you are sure the method will work.
I like Capt Carrales's idea of using the glow paint as a highlght rather than base colour that could work well.but keep its useage low so you don't spoil it
If you can get it have some model strip paint stripper handy that suposedly will not hurt the plastic of the model.
remember thin coats so as not to obscure any moulded deatail
regards John

[Anonymous]

Well

Due to my welfare, The Ghost Train will only consist of a small engine and a coach and maybe a caboose. What do ya'll think

Nick

[Anonymous]

Cool idea! A great legend! Sounds like GR mag could benefit if they ran such a story (suggestion).

Good luck with it and let a pic make it way to me as well (electronic will be fine)

I would use the glow paint for minor highlights only (like under the car to give an eriee track effect) and maybe... well on some of the interors of the coaches.

[Anonymous]

Hi locomotive 10
Red could work for the eyes but it will need to be light and bright so they apear to glow it is the light and bright that is the key to the crew eyes GW dont do one that matches that other than billious green.
I know the green works as when the dead march ar should that be shufflle on a sunday afternoon thats what colour I painted the eyes and eye sockets of the army exept the black count.who has yellow eyes and the necromancer who is alive just has white ones never did put the black spot in but the white gives that insane look which fits.
Red for the lights dosen't sit well with me as it is the colour of tail lights and emergency lighting found on some trains.
blue could work might be worth talking to the Drama teacher you will be amazed st what can be done with the right choice of colour for the lights
regards John

[Anonymous]

Dear John, Thanks for your advice. I'll have to argue with you though on the Green.Red was my original color for the head light and eyes of the ghostly crew. I was thinking One small steamer, one coach, one comdination, one boxcar, and one bobber cabboose.
What do ya'll think.

Nick

[Anonymous]

Hi locomotive 10
Any train will do keep an eye open for a good second hand one.
chuck out your paint idea though.it will look tacky[V]..
Get some games workshop ghostly grey use that as a base coat use same with a bit of white to dry brush with then dry brush lightly with white
loco crew and guard done in a similar way with billious green eyes
guards light wants to be an errie green as does the head light and glow
from the fire box which can be done with stage light gel if you can get it..
Experiment on some el cheapo ho scale stuff for paint work you need an etheareal look which you will not get with glow in the dark paint
Have fun and on behalf of the forum I will take the liberty of asking for Photo
when you get it done[}:)][(-D][}:)][(-D] board this train and you will never leave[}:)][(-D]

[Anonymous]

Hey Ya'll


I just bought a book a Books a Million that is fillied with American Railroad Ghost Legends. I am looking for a cheap Old Time Train That I can paint in White Glow in the Dark paint to create my very own ghost train. Does anybody Have any Ideas on what to use. And you are welcometo post some ghost stories as you see fit

Nick