Lionel LEGACY NW-2 Repaint

 Spectacular results.  Wow!!!   You gave the bodies a bath in what to remove the old finish.  Looks like it dissolved.  And the aluminum of the window frames. Did you paint them with an air brush? 

Bruk,

Back in the day, I used to do quite a bit of custom painting in HO Scale for my self and several clients.   Used to have 4 or 5 eight-foot tables at train shows every weekend during model railroad season.  That being said, I must commend you on a remarkable job!   The locomotives are just plain gorgeous!  You are a very talented young man indeed.

Chief Bob (Retired)  

Phil McCaig posted:

 Spectacular results.  Wow!!!   You gave the bodies a bath in what to remove the old finish.  Looks like it dissolved.  And the aluminum of the window frames. Did you paint them with an air brush? 

Window frames were painted with a brush, I used 91% Alcohol to strip the shells with a tooth brush. 

That's some great work Bruk, looks like it came from the factory only in the right color!  

I need your address, I have a Legacy Reading Trainmaster that's totally the wrong color, I'd like to fix that.

Awesome looking. Great job.

Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:

Awesome looking. Great job.

I agree.

Thanks for all of the progressive photos too Bruk

Wow. You really knocked it out of the park... 

Mark in Oregon

Outstanding job! Expert rendition of SP&S NW2.

Beautiful job!

Although I primarily work with train electronics, a few years ago I did an NW-2 repaint. I found that Lionel had produced the NW-2 in over 50 road names but never made an Illinois Central version. So I repainted a DT&I 8111 NW-2 to convert it to IC.

Fantastic well done looks great

gunrunnerjohn posted:

I need your address, I have a Legacy Reading Trainmaster that's totally the wrong color, I'd like to fix that.

Send me an email at some point if you are really interested. I don’t plan on doing these repaints for everyone. I barely have time to paint my own stuff let alone solder wires to a light bulb 😪

Bruk posted:

gunrunnerjohn posted:

I need your address, I have a Legacy Reading Trainmaster that's totally the wrong color, I'd like to fix that.

Send me an email at some point if you are really interested. I don’t plan on doing these repaints for everyone. I barely have time to paint my own stuff let alone solder wires to a light bulb 😪

Well, I was only half serious.  Don't get me wrong, there are several things I'd like to repaint.  However, I'll save any favors for something more important.   Someday I'll deal with these, right now I want to continue on my layout build.