Hi fellas. I have my dads old Lionel Blue streak. it needs work and some parts. first he lost the tender, so that is not good. then the thing was painted by his cousin dark blue, so I wanted to restore this back to original, get the tender and all the missing driver arms for the wheels. It works great, but needs some help. the E unit is still good. passenger cars all operate ok, light up ok. are there parts out there for these old things?
thanks
Chris
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Absolutely. With some searching you can get just about everything except the shells, whistle and motor. Most motor parts are available from wheels to the E-Unit. YOu can find 265W tenders on E-Bay in any color and repaint it to match replacing the latch or box coupler with the correct Blue Streak drawbar. Matching paints are available as well. I've restored many Commodore Vanderbilts and a Red Comet set and a Blue Streak set. Restoring the cars is NOT easy as the vestibules are not removable. Do some research and make sure all of your pieces match and the trucks ans such on the tender and cab casting is correct.
Good parts vendors are The Train Tender, and George Tbolt.
Gandy
Jeff at The Train Tender is tops! Tebolt is good too. Love to see some before,during and after pics of your resto!
need parts look us up HENNINGSTRAINS.COM
hey guys thanks, ill contact those ones. great to hear I can get a tender. the parts I seek are the arms mostly for the wheels. they are all missing. the front piece is also missing. Ill dig out the stuff and show you guys pics. my dad painted it dark blue when I was a kid. its in good shape, he even redid the window plastic. shells are not dented on the cars and the lights work on the connectors. rollers are good. engine runs well. we had it fixed years ago a new wheel and wiring issues.
ill dig it out and show you all. thanks Chris
well, found a few tenders at the greenburg train show in monroeville this sunday, but one was retrofitted with new stuff and so I passed and the other one was 45.00. it was a lionel lines type. should have snagged it, but oh well.
I did see the new MTH version of this set. it was cool. color was same and very nice details. I could get parts for this from the MTH parts list because its the chrome detail pieces that I needed.
H ave a few parts for a 264/65. What are you missing? Rods and what else? front grill?
Chuck
Yes, the drive rods are all gone. The front grill mounted on the top front is gone. and the tender is gone. I have the cars and vestibules and such. my dad lost the tender when he was a kid. he mounted an airplane engine to the front and ran the thing outside in the yard! LOL!
thanks
Chris
that is great. now, is this the original color? it looks better than the factory. where did you get the paint? duplicolor cans? krylon? just wondered. I would like the use automotive and spray teh shells and clear them, buff them out.
Ill go with him for parts. should be a nice winter project. years ago, my dad sent the engine out to new york to fix it. a stripped out gear wheel and the motor and E unit were not working. but they work well now. just need the parts to complete it.
Gandy I really wish you hadn't posted those pics.....'cause now I want a set just like that! beautiful!
Gandy, nice effort on the 265E. Really shows the effort, having taken it all the way apart like that. It's quite difficult. Can you tell me what part you used for the side rivets that hold the engine/headlight support plate in place?
As for paint color, I did mine originally in Woods train enamel blue streak blue, and it didn't match my original. I also used Hennings Collectors Color, and it matched much better, but does not come in rattle cans, so you need an air brush. Actually I did two, one in Collector Color and one in custom auto paint.
In the end, most of my restorations have used either Collectors Color or custom blended automotive acrylic enamel. It really depends on how close of a match, and how easy you want your job to be.
Using Woods Train Enamel, you can always get a rattle can. Problem is that the colors are usually quite wrong, and other than the ease of using a rattle can, the paint takes about a week to air dry. Three days after painting, you can still leave a finger print in it, let alone trying to keep dirt, lint, and various floaters out of the wet paint for a week. So, in my opinion, baking the piece at 175F for an hour after painting is a requirement for using Woods paint.
Collector Colors paint goes on nice, dries well, and has good color match, but you need an air brush.
Auto enamel can give you an exact match, but again, you may need an air brush. Any good auto paint supply store can blend paint and put it in a rattle can for you, though.
Gandy, nice effort on the 265E. Really shows the effort, having taken it all the way apart like that. It's quite difficult. Can you tell me what part you used for the side rivets that hold the engine/headlight support plate in place?
As for paint color, I did mine originally in Woods train enamel blue streak blue, and it didn't match my original. I also used Hennings Collectors Color, and it matched much better, but does not come in rattle cans, so you need an air brush. Actually I did two, one in Collector Color and one in custom auto paint.
In the end, most of my restorations have used either Collectors Color or custom blended automotive acrylic enamel. It really depends on how close of a match, and how easy you want your job to be.
Using Woods Train Enamel, you can always get a rattle can. Problem is that the colors are usually quite wrong, and other than the ease of using a rattle can, the paint takes about a week to air dry. Three days after painting, you can still leave a finger print in it, let alone trying to keep dirt, lint, and various floaters out of the wet paint for a week. So, in my opinion, baking the piece at 175F for an hour after painting is a requirement for using Woods paint.
Collector Colors paint goes on nice, dries well, and has good color match, but you need an air brush.
Auto enamel can give you an exact match, but again, you may need an air brush. Any good auto paint supply store can blend paint and put it in a rattle can for you, though.
nice job and thanks for the info. I got the parts list I need from the suggested people. thanks a bunch
now, this winter I have quite a project to do.
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