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Well finally got to paint the shells. Did a test stripe on a scrap left over piece to see if it would work the way I thought.

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Sprayed the gold where the stripes go then masked off the stripes with auto pin striping. 

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Shot the green after it dried and pulled the tape off.  I need to touch up a few spots that pulled off with the tape 

but all and all I'm happy with the results especially since I never tried to paint stripes before.

After the paint cures I'll add the CNJ decals. 

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@Hot Water posted:

Good choice, in my opinion. That is the styling I remember while growing up in Cranford, NJ during the early 1940s through the mid 1950s.

@CNJ Jim posted:

Also 60's and 70's .... in Linden.

Anyway, really great job .... on a very cool engine!

Born and raised in Elizabeth. I remember those engines and paint schemes well. 

My grandfather worked for JCL at the Trumball Street yard down by the old Singer plant and I spent a lot of time there. 

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That's me in the cab of that switcher, sometime around 1965. My grandpop on the bottom step. I think I might have an old picture of one of those Baby Face engines I will have to look. 

 

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Last edited by G-Man24

Steve:

Fantastic job!

Rapid Transit Holmes: UP, NYC and MP had these diesels in addition to CNJ. These versions could be made: NYC - Lightening Stripes, Cigar Band (fantasy) UP- standard yellow, MP-grey/blue, solid blue buzz saw (fantasy), CNJ-orange/blue, green/yellow stripes ala Steve C, solid green w/yellow logo and fantasy PRR-5 pinstripes, single stripe, Baldwin Demo in blue ala centipede.

That's 11 paint schemes without even trying! I am in for all 3 CNJ versions!

Again, great job Steve.

Walter/RMT

@D500 posted:


A friend and I bought 2 MTH Centipede shells with the GM&O A-1-A versions in mind (on a PA or similarly-trucked chassis), but I can't quite get past the improper cab shape - the Centipede's cab is quite tapered, and the other B'Face's cabs are not.

Not that I don't like your work - you're my kinda O-scaler.

Good job; looking forward to the finished product.

Oh - is the mug of coffee in photo #1 part of your modeling Zen?

So, do you want a stretched Babyface similar to this?

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