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I was reading the thread on painting, and searched for others, but I did not get a real feel for your opinions on using can spray paint on loco's. I was going to have a little freelance industrial or mining railroad to work with my Conrail stuff. I was going to start by buying some undec. nonpowered "dummy" units from Athearn, and see what I could do. Small, diesel switchers. If I took my time and applied several very light coats from a spray can from the hobby shop, what results would I get?I understand it would be sub par compared to an airbrush, but ......pretty nice, maybe? I was thinking of some sort of simple two color scheme, if I could find a nice straight line on the loco to place masking tape against (my artistic skills are lacking). Maybe the cab area would be the different color. I wish I could paint those stripes on the ends of some loco's. The ones that are at 45 degree angles, to make the engine more visible. How about these new decal sheets. I read the ads in MR ...... you use thier paper and software to create decals, and print them on my inkjet printer at home. Is it really that easy? Good results? Thanks alot. Jim Ledet
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