Jim,
It would be really nice to meet you.
Mike
Mike,
The steps from the smaller tenders are not the same as the larger ones. I checked last night.
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
I didn't think so. I have a 6466 and 6026, and they are very different.
My first experience with an airbrush was a successful one. I managed to match the silver on Brent's passenger car. It looks a little better than when I received it.
Before:
After:
That concludes the restoration of Brent's trains. Brent, thanks for giving me the opportunity to learn some new things. I hope you will be happy with the repairs.
Both the passenger car and tender looked great. You mentioned possibly re-doing the tender. Did you? If so, were you satisfied this time? It looked pretty darn good the first time, IMHO.
Mike, I wasn't happy with the tender repair the first time. The hole's outline was still slightly visible, and the rivets were too large and not perfectly aligned. So I sanded down all the rivets and did them over. They are now much closer in size to the rest of the tender's rivets, and they all line up perfectly.
The biggest surprise to me was how easy it was to use the airbrush. I had purchased a Badger single action a few months back at a going out of business sale at a price I couldn't pass up. I'd always wanted one and the time and price was right. I am very happy with my purchase.
I'll let these cars sit for a few days to a week so the paint cures before mailing them back to Brent.
Jumijo wrote: I'll let these cars sit for a few days to a week so the paint cures before mailing them back to Brent.
The paint may be dry, but it isn't cured, Brent. I don't want to risk having bubble wrap leave impressions in the paint.
JIm,
From the photos you couldn't tell but I guess live and in-person it was different.
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