Julia's New Girl's Train

[Jumijo]

This was originally a NYC Flyer set. Sorry Bob! The decals are a sensitive subject, Brian. We are still in negotiations at this time.

Julia wants the decals to say Julia's Girl's Train on one side of the tender, and Jumijo R.R. on the other. I want to have Lionel Lines on both sides. Since it's her train, it will most likely go her way. But I made up decals for both ideas, just in case!

In case any one is wondering, I used Krylon "Simply Pink" over a Tamiya white primer base for this project. All abourd the Pepto Express!

Jim 

[brianel027]

Oh, by the way Jim, I know Bob forgot to mention it, but he'd like to suggest you decal the loco for the New York Central after their famous "pink scheme" loco that ran between Manhattan and Albany!!

And I'm sure Bob could quip back: Yeah Jim and Brianel would love to see that loco done up in Conrail after their early experimental pink paint scheme. Yep, the Big Blue was almost known as the Big Pink!

Ah, Praise the Lord for my sense of humor so early in the morning. And I'm still working on the first cup of coffee in my K-Line coffee mug (ah, some feelings never go away!!).

[sir james I]

The pink engine looks good. I would like to do that for my grand daughter except I have 7 grand SONS, no girls. I bought  the pink GG1 set anyway, my daughter can have it someday. I'm not giving it up until I go tho.

[brianel027]

"Look at all those rivets on the tender! Let's count them, shall we?!" Hey Jim, you tryin' to be funny or what!? Ha ha. I personally was wondering how the chuff rate is on that baby??

Seriously, nice job. It is amazing how a good paint job and some good decal work can turn even the average detailed train item into something special. For those who doubt that, I always remind them to take a gander at some of the older MARX tin trains... it's amazing what they did on flat metal with some suggestive lithography. Those cars and locos all appear to have more detail than they really do. The same exact principle carries over to the toy trains of today.

The painted coal load in the tender is a nice touch. I can only imagine how much this means to your daughter! If you use a paint pen, you can paint the handrails on the tender too, which is another nice touch.

But I'm sure Julia doesn't worry about that. It's not just the loco, but the fact that dad took the time to make a specal loco for his girl.... can't put a price on that.

[jonadel]

Excellent work Jim, I'm impressed. I do have a little granddaughter that just turned one........ this might be a good winter project for her so she has a special train to run at Grandpa's.

Thanks for posting the pic's, it's good motivation.

Jon

[Bob Keller]

Terrific repaint job! The starter set Atlantic never looked snazzier!

Interestingly, Larry at Williams Electric Trains told me that their revised Girl's set sold far better than they had expected (and they thought it would do well), just goes to show you that pink does have appeal!

[1688torpedo]

 Hello Jim!     Nice job on Julia's Train!    Your next step will be a Corvair restoration in Black with simulated Orange Flames! Take Care.

[Jumijo]

Below are a few photos of my daughters pink girls locomotive and tender. I started with a run of the mill 4-4-2 starter set Lionel Locomotive and 6026 style whistle tender. Decals still need to be applied, and I've since taken the paint off of the green marker light jewels.

 

 

 

 

Julia loves her new train. Cars and caboose are in the works. I wasn't crazy about painting a train pink at first, but the color realy makes the details more visable. Look at all those rivets on the tender! Let's count them, shall we?!

Jim