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Repainting Bachmann Big Hauler cars

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Repainting Bachmann Big Hauler cars
Posted by Graffen on Monday, June 24, 2019 2:06 PM

Hi all!

I got these Bachmann cars on the bay.

 

I can't stand that plastic fantastic toy look though.

So, I started with removing the heralds from the caboose with paint stripper.

 

Then I repainted both cars with Scalecoat mineral red paint using a #3 brush.

 

 

They will both be marked for my own railroad, and they will be detailed and weathered as I go along.

A few broken parts will be fixed as well.

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Posted by IRONROOSTER on Monday, June 24, 2019 3:08 PM

Looks great. 

Other than stripping the heralds off, did you do any other preparation to the surface?

Paul

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Posted by Graffen on Monday, June 24, 2019 3:12 PM

IRONROOSTER

Looks great. 

Other than stripping the heralds off, did you do any other preparation to the surface?

Paul

 

Thanks! No, I just washed it thoroughly.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 1:47 PM

I lilke the fact you could get the factory lettering off of the big scale cars. That opens the possibility I could make a STRATTON AND GILLETTE big scale car some time.

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I do need to make a Lionel SGRR car for someone. Does anyone know how hard it is the get the paint off of a newer Lionel freight car.

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-Kevin

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Posted by Graffen on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 9:46 AM

Made some progress.

Applied the decals and pre-weathered the underframe.

Swedish Custom painter and model maker. My Website:

My Railroad

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Graff´s channel

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