My next repaint project.....(finished June 13!!)

Dave,

 

Looking very nice so far, your work is top notch

 

 

 

Alex

You stripped it down, Can not wait to see the end results.  Nick

Looks better already, can't wait to see the finished product.

Uhhh, that is really good stripper there.  Adds parts to the loco.  I need to get me some of that!

 

Looking very good.  Nice project.

Nice start.

Wow,

undecorated engines for same reason look good.

Don't forget to add window sun shade. actually Williams engines has the grove ready to glued it.

Andre.

AMCDave,

 

you for hire....

 

I have a pair of WBB E7's.....

Nice Job so far Dave. I'm anxious to see the next step. Thanks for posting.

He said he sanded off the printing and then primed it. I dont think it was stripped all the way down to bare plastic.

Today was a honeydew day so not much done.....

I gotta say I love these William WbB GP9 locos. I have a MTH Premier unit that while better detailed and a great looker......the number of GP9 projects I want to do would make MTH locos prohibitive.  One area of the WbB loco that needs a little help is the fuel tank. It's rather narrow to allow it to run through O-27 switches and not hang on the light. But as mine will run on much wider radius and no O-27 switches I decided to correct mine. I cut it into three pieces and glued .188 thick plastic stock in between the cuts I made....then sanded them smooth. I then coated the inside of the tank with epoxy to make it more rugged. It's not a major change but one that I did on my WbB

CSX Dash9 loco and it made a difference.

 

Dave

Great start.  What road name you going with on the repainted engine

Steve

Without intention to hijack your post I want to show you what I made to my Williams GP before remade the whole frame.

A pilot cover, make the pilot and frame gap closer and the chance to add more details and obviously kadee couplers.

Glad you fix the tank! really will make your engine look a lot better.

Andre.

I looked at the pilots.....but on this one I'll leave them alone.

I kinda think I may alter another tank and resin cast it so I don't have to alter each one....got lots of GP9 projects!

I installed 8 LEDs in my WbB GP 38. All that wiring, I spent almost an hour finessing it back together! Nice engine, I have a feeling it is gonna be Rock Island?

Dave,

You could be prototypical and cover the IC black with IC orange/white.

 

Malcolm

If you look at AMCDave's other project you will notice he did not strip it, but only sanded off the tampo painting. In other words he left the original paint and prime coated over it. Appears he did the same on this project.

Correct!

Think of it this way.....

You get a parking lot ding in the driver door of your car. The body shop fixes the ding, preps the door by light sanding of the door....but if the paint is stable they leave it alone....and repaint.

I feel the same way with model trains. If the original paint is stable...leave it alone. Most mass produced model trains have a very thin coat of a synthetic lacquer to speed drying time. So detail is not covered. Check that photo of the GP9 in primer.....detail is sharp as original. Then I use thin coats so covering is not an issue.

I have stripped models to the bare plastic or metal....just not always needed.

OK....this one done. How many out there figured this one would end up like this?????

 

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

WRONG!!!!!!

I was able to find a Rock Island Blue GP9 and bought it. Plus it reminded me I have not done anything for my home road.....The Denver and Rio Grande Western in a long time. Had some photos of Rio GP9 units.....so this one became just that.

 

Nothing real fancy here. A few things like altered fuel tank and altered handrails on end platforms.

 

Dupli-color primer and black paints. Tamiya orange spray can. Microscale decals and Testors dullcoat.

Thanks for looking!!!

 

 

BTW.....How is the D&RGW my home road and I model it's branch in West Virgina????

Mine is Denver NC to Rio Grande Ohio.....thus, at one time, I had lots of pre-made decals and RTR cars.......

Wow, that did turn out spectacularly well!

Rio Grande, Ohio?  Your biggest shipper is Bob Evans Restaurants and reefers of packaged sausage?

Not too far off!!!!!

I will model a small portion of the east coast based D&RGW.....the mid West Virginia section. Denver NC is not much bigger the Rio Grande but it works out well for a model RR!!

The Rock Island purchased former Denver & Rio Grande GP7s.

DRGW 5101-5103, 5105-5113.

You trickster,  Like the DRGW too, good job.  The tank does look a lot better widen, Nick 

super job Dave