Post a Picture of a Engine Repaint Job

 

 

 

Williams Brass RF16 Sharks

 

K-line Conrail MP15

 

Williams F7

 

Lionel Nw2

Couple more.

 

MTH Scale Engineering Sample Painted for Coca Cola Passener set

Williams Nickle Plate Road Baggage car done up in Coca Cola livery

Williams 4-8-4 GS4 Painted for Coca Cola also outfitted with Led Headlight/ Mars Light and Fan Driven Smoke unit.

Marx steam engine customs......In the first three photos a stock engine is on top for comparison, with a custom one the bottom.

 

 

All of these are repaints:

 

Very nice!  

 

Wow! I always thought the Marx 591 was a homely little thing, but a bit of TLC and a real pilot truck makes a BIG difference!

 

Been kinda thinking of doing a Southern styled 666. Yours looks pretty good!

Thanks! The conversion's pretty easy. Hardest part was hacksawing off the original axle mounts and filing the cut edge flush with the rest of the frame. I used the same holes the couplers were riveted in to mount the trucks.

An SD70M repainted in the Brisbane & Bushong Railroad livery.  Our motto is, "We bear your freight!"  Matt

 

Oh I'm liking those! especially the Southern.

Thanks,
Steamer and handyandy!  I appreciate the comments.  Doing this kind of work on decrepit pieces has been absolutely my favorite train activity.

I know what you mean. I'm the guy on the floor of the train show going thru the junk boxes!

harry repaint of a WILLIAMS brass AB freight shark nose set from the 1980's.

 

 

Me too. I've been sort of a model railroad bottom feeder since I was a kid! 

 

 

You guys must get to the shows before me a lot of times. Sometimes those boxes of junk I find really are junk (even by my standards) by the time I get to look through them!  lol

Here is a Std Gauge Flyer 4019 & Coaches. The 4019 was done a few weeks ago, but the car roofs are were painted earlier today.

 

 

 

 

Here is a Lionel 1688 with a Marx 333 motor. I did this engine to pull the U&R Mfg coaches seen behind it.

 

 

They all look beautiful, Steve.

My first 898 I restored, actually my first engine. I only have the photos of the engine took apart and the results when I posted them on one of my forum topics.

Andy, I'm also one of those guys that loves junk!  There ain't much I won't take home   Those rusty Red 600/601/602 cars turned into the Orange and Blue cars for my home brewed Lionel Corp passenger set.

 

Atlas un-decorated models.

Another set of custom paint Atlas SW9's

The top pic is the original paint scheme.  The bottom pic is the new paint job.  Matt

Nice painting guys, those diesels are are looking real good

OK, here's my Lionel Alco S-2 switcher.

 

Before (in Western Pacific livery).

 

 

And after (as Weirton Steel #208 courtesy of Tommy Gilbert's in Gettysburg, PA)

 

Photo probably doesn't do it justice.

 

George

Here's a Williams SD45 shell in a color scheme I developed for the Gadsden Pacific Lines, home railroad of the Gadsden Pacific Toy Train Museum. I wanted something that expressed the color palette of our desert environment in Southern Arizona. I call this color scheme Desert Tan and Red Rock. The shell is going to stay like this until I get some decals made for it, so I can add the decals and clear coat before I install the handrails. 

 

The SD45 shell was a challenge to mask because of all the panels and louvers on the side. It's very difficult to mask those small grooves. It was a learning experience and I will know how to do better on the masking next time. This was also the first time I used my new Paasche VLS airbrush. I love it - it's 1000 per cent better than the old Aztek. 

 

 

This is a lionel New Jersey transit gp-40 that I repainted as a White Pass and Yukon Route Diesel.

 

 

Ghosts of repaintings past...

 

Ex-MPC JLC Hudson:

 

Ex-MPC Alton Hudson:

 

Ex-MPC Great Northern F.A.R.R. "Northern:"

 

Ex-basket case Lionel 736:

 

Rusty

Here are some I have done.

 

 

Commodore Vanderbilt that I repainted and installed a double reduction motor and smoke unit in.

 

 

My favorite Marxie is the little 999.  Lots of possibilities in terms of paints themes.

 

Keep the pictures coming. Repainting ole black engines is real fun.

 

Painting Diesels is fun too.

 

This is Marx 1998 engine motor and frame with cut down Lionel SW-1 switcher body painted in B&N colors (Bauxite & Northern, sub of Alcoa in Bauxite, Arkansas).

 

It is a custom job with Lionel coupling on the rear and Marx coupling on the front to allow switching both types of cars.

 

Charlie

Here are a couple sets I have done over the last few years!

 

Here is a pair I recently completed.  They looked on my Christmas tree loop!

 

Marx Commodore Vanderbilt.

 

 

Marx Canadian Pacific 397

 

wow! those are stunning Jack 

Long before Atlas came out with there version all I had was this...

 

 

 

 

This originally was a postwar 623 switcher.

 

Here is the prototype...

 

{Robert Callahan Photos}

 

Thank you, Dave!  I was pleased with the way they turned out.

Well, this thread has com back again! I'll add my latest repaint I guess....

My Copper Commodore!

I was told by a forum sponsor that my two engines would take 2-3 months for a repaint. That was 5 months ago and I still don't know when or if they will be completed. I'll leave him nameless.

 

Joe B.