Custom painted K-Line Amtrak Superliner in Phase VI ***Video added 2-2-2020***

Good stuff. I recommended auto window tint a while back to someone else. I haven't used it myself and I was curious how it would look. Came out great. What percentage did you use? You know this is going to get a lot of questions about you painting again.

Thank you guys- the window tint is 40% which is perfect when the cars are lit. You can see all the details of the interior and passengers inside at this level. I also upgraded the lighting to LED using GunRunner John’s electronic resistor boards. These cars do not use any power compared to the incandescent lighting strips that were in these cars. 

Hey Jeff, thanks for sharing. The K-Line cars are nice and your talent really shows. Were the lights you replaced the K-Line "Streamlighting" (I think it was called that)?

I have the 8 car K-Line BlackBonnet passengar set that needs GunRunner John's conversion kit. Haven't done one - seems like a good place to start.

Anyway - looks great. Always enjoy seeing your work.

Paul

Absolutely Gorgeous! Good choice on the Kadees! What radius are you running these on? 

Very nice Jeff.

I’m running these cars on O-112, which is very wide and looks very nice with these cars.  The Kadee couplers make them very close and the diaphragms are tight together. Will be posting a video of the entire train in the next few days.  

Nice job Jeff.  Looking forward to the video.  

Looks great.

Some posters like the stock look. I find it looks more toy like than realistic. I realize that everyone likes different things. I just think this is a big improvement, to me anyways.

He’s back!!! Fantastic work. Thanks for the tip with the auto tint at 40%. I need to add the tint to my MTH Amtrak fleet. 

When you get a chance can you please post a picture of the cars with the lights on so we can see how the window tint looks? Or even better would be a video of the whole train!

 Thanks!

Thanks again — once I made the decision to upgrade the lighting, add window tint, and completely repaint these cars I knew it was going to be an awesome project. I admit it was a big step as these cars in their original livery are very desirable. However, these cars, now in Phase V, look even better than the original cars. (At least to me) The LED lighting is a huge improvement as well.  It took a long time to complete the set but well worth the entire length of time and effort. 

Looks awesome! I'd love to see a photo of two coupled together

Jeff,

You haven't lost your touch!

Norm

Jeff78rr posted:

...I have a complete set of 10 of these behind 2 Genesis locos. Added a total of 400 passengers as well...

SantaFeJim posted:

Nice job Jeff.  Looking forward to the video.  

bigtruckpete posted:

...When you get a chance can you please post a picture of the cars with the lights on so we can see how the window tint looks? Or even better would be a video of the whole train!

Looks great Jeff and add me to those looking forward to a future video post of that 400+ passenger revenue service train.  Routes w/ 400 passengers should greatly help Amtrak's finances.

Here’s a quick video with the train running at 80 scale MPH. The video was edited to show the train in 3 different clips. 

Best scale Amtrak on here. Truly amazing! 

I don't know Jeff. Those little lights aren't twinkling! 

Just trying to fit in here.

I used GunRunner John’s converters and absolutely love these lights. No flickering whatsoever. 

All I can say is that has got to be the best Amtrak model I ever saw, WOW!

Looks great, Jeff.

     You did good !!!

Loved the videos; thanks for taking the time to compose, shoot, edit, and post them for our enjoyment.

And thanks for editing the thread's title with the date!

Paint job looks great, can't tell it from a factory job.   Good looking lights too Jeff.

Super indeed !

Thanks for the video! It’s great to see the whole train in action. You nailed it!!

Looks good as usual Jeff. I miss exploiting  your talent lol