Postwar paint & repair Q's

Henning's trains Lansdale pa.check our web sight.

I restored a basket case postwar Lionel 2035 a few years ago.  The resulting paint job looked very good, but I regretted doing the restore because I missed seeing all the bumps and bruises of the original.  I don't plan on making that mistake again.

Earl

Henning's Paint is a good and easy to apply. With post war restorations black is black, the difference is in the sheen which varied slightly over the years and changes with age. The "correct" sheen can be pretty subjective. I usually mix my own using Floquil Black mixed with their Flat, Glaze, or Gloss to get the right sheen.

This Williams engine was repainted using Floquil black mixed with a few drops of Glaze.

This 665 was painted using PJ1 Satin black.

You could replace the trucks with the ones used on current Conventional Classic Madisons.

Pete

Thanks for the information.  Since I'm pretty clueless where to buy anything, I guess I'll ask where would I purchase the Madison trucks?  The paint can wait, I think I'd like to try it myself.  I have an airbrush but haven't used it in 10 years.  It looks good, clean.

I would like to renumber it to look like an early model.  

You can order the trucks from Lionel. Just go to their website, customer service, replacement parts and type in the number shown in the pic above.

Pete