gmpullmanFunny how a thread on reed switches takes so many twists and turns! Great to see the information here!
I'm finding the whole thread to be very informative. It also reads like a detective novel as you follow through all the questions and answers!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critterHmmm? How to do that? It would need a decoder I think.
Jason did it with the classification lights on the Royal Hudson. Click F6 once, white, click again, off, click again, green, click again, off... repeat.
Rapido said they're working on a three-color marker for future runs . I urged them to use white or RED since they did the same thing on the RS-11 (white or green). Not often you would see green classification lights (section following) on a newer locopmotive, although, for some first-gen locos the option was there.
Ed
I got the Champ decal set today that will allow me to backdate the car from the Action Red livery to the Maroon. The new decal stripes are a tiny bit wider than the Action Red strips on the shell which is obviously a good thing, but I want to know if the Maroon colour will be affected by putting them directly on top of the Action Red stripes. The maroon decals already look quite dark. If they are intended to be used overtop of a silver paint, I'm worried that they might come out almost black if I put them over the red stripes. I'm going to remove the CP Rail lettering, but should I try to remove the red stripes as well, or maybe paint them silver first?
Thanks,
hon30critter...I want to know if the Maroon colour will be affected by putting them directly on top of the Action Red stripes...
You could use an otherwise unneeded portion of the maroon decals (a numeral, f'rinstance) and temporarily apply it over the red to get an idea if the red stripes need to be removed or not.
Wayne
doctorwayneYou could use an otherwise unneeded portion of the maroon decals (a numeral, f'rinstance) and temporarily apply it over the red to get an idea if the red stripes need to be removed or not.
Hi Wayne,
Thanks for the suggestion. There are a couple of extra inches of the wider maroon stripe so I will work with that. There is also a much narrower pinstripe that goes below the windows so I will apply a piece of that too. It will be going directly onto the silver surface so I will be able to see if there is a noticable difference in the colours between it and the wider stripe which will be going over the Action Red colour. I doubt there will be. The decals look to be pretty opaque.
I managed to get the white CR Rail lettering off of the red strip with no problems. I used Tamiya's Extra Thin styrene cement and the lettering came off quite quickly with only a tiny spot where the black shell showed through the red paint, and there was no damage to the surrounding areas.
Next step will be to do doctorwayne's test with a spare piece of the new decal. Then, assuming I don't have to paint over the red, I will find out if I can get the stripes absolutely straight!