Show us your custom paint jobs.

Marx 999 in pseudo State Railways of Thailand scheme.

2 tone blue #8 on cardboard Hellgate.  There are matching 35 and 36 cars.

Good stuff.

Here I have my Tropicana roadrailers and Army A Class...

from this

to this

and this

to this

The nearest things to me at the moment.

Most of these have been seen......but here goes......

MTH caboose with my own decals and custom paint. (caboose was from the McDonald set)

WbB Dash custom painted and my own 'Chessie' CSX decals. 

WbB Dash unit custom painted with Microscale 'Dark Future' decals.

Weaver hopper custom paint and my own Ashland decals. (Dad worked for Ashland 30+ years)

Lionel bay window. Custom paint and my own decals. 

Williams brass re-detailed, custom paint with my own decals. 

WbB Shark B unit. Custom paint and my own decals. 

AHM box car. Custom paint and my own decals......you can tell because I misspelled the decals!!! I figured the guys in the shop did it. 

This started as a MTH test shot sides and roof. Custom frame, ends and interior. Custom paint and my own decals. 

I may have put a few to sleep.....nuff for now....thx

That is one great lookin loco!!! My favorite....something great for something mundane.....

banjoflyer posted:

Well this doesn't compare to the quality examples above.

By repainting and custom decaling some prewar 3/16" O scale metal American Flyer passenger cars and equipping them with post war S gauge trucks I was finally able to run my original paint S gauge 350 "Royal Blue" engine with some never produced royal blue color cars:

The car names are fictitious but the numbers are authentic for the B&O "Royal Blue". 

The cars were painted with rattle can paint from Walmart. Believe it or not the name of the color on the can?.....What else..."Royal Blue"!

I plan to repaint and redecal the engine as a winter project.

Mark

hello banjoflyer

I REALLY LIKE it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Someday I would like to paint my Williams F-3's and Williams 15" aluminum passenger cars like that but don't have the cars yet as they are pretty pricey.  Did you make those decals for the cars ?  Really a OUTSTANDING job you did !!

Tiffany

YOU asked and you shall receive!

Williams Brass Sharknose custom detailed and painted by Fred Rominski

K-line Conrail MP15dc Switcher custom detailed and painted by Fred Rominski

The Car Works O scale Brass custom detailed with Working markers and painted by Fred Rominski

PRR Brass N8 cabin car custom painted by Fred Rominski

Lionel basketcase postwar SF#622 switcher custom detailed and painted by Fred Rominski

Williams F7 ABA set custom detailed and painted by Fred Rominski

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-Pete

vintage style custom painting and lettering...

(photo by forum member BAR GP7 #63)

O&W FT's made from two sets of Lionel NYC FT's from 1999.  Will be an A-B-B-A set when done with two power units, almost finished.  Have twenty hours into applying the decals to the four unit set....

Super simple touch up -- add white lines to your Commodore Vanderbilt.  Attached are photos of the Commodore as it was when first introduced in 1934, the MTH model before adding the white lines and after.  A white paint pen was used which requires no skill whatsoever. 

3 rail alco doctor posted:

O&W FT's made from two sets of Lionel NYC FT's from 1999.  Will be an A-B-B-A set when done with two power units, almost finished.  Have twenty hours into applying the decals to the four unit set.... 

I like these units.  Very nice work!

Tom M, you've really got that WP&Y paint scheme down pat.

Keith, I still can't believe that A class is a rattle can paint job.

Dave, you are a master. That 20th Century Hudson looks great.

Custom painted Marx CV and AF coaches, and a few modifications too...

Here's a shot of the coaches before the custom work...

Back in the mid-1980's, I wanted to have an O-Gauge model of the C&NW Peninsula "400," which ran between Chicago and Ishpeming, MI. While it was a long train between Chicago and Green Bay, north of Green Bay it was often, especially in its later years before becoming bi-level, one, two, or three coaches.

I took a Preamble Express F3, and two 0-27 Amtrak coaches, and the photos show the result. Not the high quality of many airbrush schemes, to be sure, but it has served me well and has stood the test of time. Now has a horn added, and still runs on occasion.

The last photo shows it in service on the PA layout, shortly after completion.

Champ Decals were used.

Andy could you repost just the beavertail (I assume)?. It won't load for me. I only get the top half, over and over.. Did you make that? Or is that an AF I haven't seen?

More imperfection. Better lines and finish than the brush from the forgotten nail polish produced on the toy switcher preceding this, but a good example of a color combo to skip experimenting with....

Alright time for me to add one.

This is custom from top to bottom. This is a 3d print of a White Pass and Yukon Route GE Shovelnose diesel.

Here is the prototype.

My model is sits on a postwar alco frame with u36c 3 axle trucks. This has been in the planning stages for a while and I just finished the painting and decals a month ago. There are still a few detail projects to work on, but it will run around the tracks and look good while it does it too.

Primer coat

Yellow coat and then taped off and waiting for the green coat.

The pinstriping is automotive pinstriping tape. I had to buy it direct from 3m because it is so skinny.

I had the thunderbird printed by a vinyl printing decal company called doityourselflettering.com

Dry transfer decals from Ozark Miniatures CDS line.

Adriatic posted:

Andy could you repost just the beavertail (I assume)?. It won't load for me. I only get the top half, over and over.. Did you make that? Or is that an AF I haven't seen?

More imperfection. Better lines and finish than the brush from the forgotten nail polish produced on the toy switcher preceding this, but a good example of a color combo to skip experimenting with....

 

 

Adriatic,

Here it is again

I was trying to mimic other AF products. I made it out of one of the 1122 coaches. Just cut off one end and reattached it at an angle and filled in the resulting triangle shaped hole on each side.  lol

Top cote is Rustoleum Hammered Copper.

I think Tom means the tucks were from a donor model U36C most likely a Lionel.

Here are two exhibiting a couple of different approaches.

Here are a couple I've done.

Riddle me this Nick, "Is Harley Quin leading the Joker on?"

Tom , if you don't mind, what did it cost to finally "get a handle on that shovel?" I love it , no joke!

Repainted Flyer 293 Pacific (with a touch of added detail to match the prototype) and freight cars:

Rusty

My favorite so far is this Lionel Burlington E5 that I had custom painted some years ago. Am surprised neither manufacturer has produced the beautiful slope nosed E6's that ran the SR roads.

Adriatic posted:

Tom , if you don't mind, what did it cost to finally "get a handle on that shovel?" I love it , no joke!

The print was approximately $120. I sized it to sit on top of an alco frame just like the postwar models.

Sounds reasonable Tom.

Hey Coach; catch!

I had to use up that thickened 25 year old Testors on something.

Plagiarizing Captain America's shield was an accident. He was Army anyhow

New York Central Pacemaker White WC22 truck with a 32' Freuhauf Piggyback Trailer. Truck is a SpecCast with some Don Mills  components. Trailer is a Berkshire Valley Models 

Nick R. posted:

Here are a couple I've done.

You need a clown chase gondola to go with your joker alco!  Just add an "S" in front of "laughter"! 

Good idea Penny!  

Slaughter is the best medicine!    (no clown emojis)

I've painted several pieces on my layout and then some.  Here's a quick look at a few, starting with a MTH 2-rail Premier Norfolk Southern ES44DC, a couple MTH 100 ton hoppers converted to Saskatchewan, (2 of 12) fitted and lowered on Atlas O roller bearing trucks and Kadee couplers, and an Atlas O 60' boxcar in UP.

Saskatchewan! Those are way cool.

Are we done with "The Killing Jokes" yet? Or do we need a Crusader to act?

Adriatic posted:

Saskatchewan! Those are way cool.

Are we done with "The Killing Jokes" yet? Or do we need a Crusader to act?

 

 

Love that shell! Reminds me of The Rocketeer.

Yes, it does look like the Rocketeer!  This is a cool thread.  A fun mix of whimsical and very well done realistic custom paint and decals.  Keep them coming!

Ivor the Engine...