8 engines to paint.
Began disassembling the engines. Each will be painted twice with a base coat of black. After all engines are painted, I'll go back to each one and mask off for appropriate other colors.
GN O-8 mike open cab.
Had to drill out the tender bottom for speaker holes and cut an opening in the driver retaining plate as a cam had to be added to one of the drivers for chuffing sound.
The sand and steam domes were removed (held on by a screw on this model) to save on masking, later on, since the boiler will be painted GN green.
After cleaning all parts with water, dish washing liquid and some white vinegar, the parts were dried in the toaster oven for an hour (save the wheels that have insulation).
Used scalecoat #10 black to air brush the parts and then cook at 200 degrees for 2 hours while the wheels will be air dried.
The tender wheels were hand painted as it quicker than masking them off, including the axle ends and the parts are too small to notice any brush strokes, especially since the truck side frames hide the bulk of the wheel.
Sam
