Looking to paint a custom Alco B-Unit

Nope, Lionel never made a cast frame B-unit for the FA's.

Rusty

Lionel in 1993 made a 3 unit set of Alco's...based on the PW Erie set....as far as I know no other Alco "B" had die cast trucks....Ask Lenny,he might make you one,...  the set was 11734...good luck, Joe

IIRC that Erie A-B-A does have diecast trucks, though the B unit has the common MPC era stamped metal frame.

You probably know all this:

Don't know how brand-loyal you are, but K-Line made an 027 FA2 B unit (based on Kusan tooling, which was a bit of a clone of the Lionel product); no die-cast there, but they look nice. I did a NYC paint job on one once, on a whim. Lighter than the Lionel; weight fits easily. Heck, an old Kusan would do, too. (Were there Kusan FA2 B's?)

Williams 027 FA2's are very similar to Lionel's in weight and "die-cast-ness"; haven't they made a "B" for those?

D500 posted:

You probably know all this:

Don't know how brand-loyal you are, but K-Line made an 027 FA2 B unit (based on Kusan tooling, which was a bit of a clone of the Lionel product); no die-cast there, but they look nice. I did a NYC paint job on one once, on a whim. Lighter than the Lionel; weight fits easily. Heck, an old Kusan would do, too. (Were there Kusan FA2 B's?)

Williams 027 FA2's are very similar to Lionel's in weight and "die-cast-ness"; haven't they made a "B" for those?

Kusan didn't make FA2 B-units.  But, K-line did.

Rusty

Thanks for the tips! I will be on the hunt for the K-Line or the Erie set from '93!