Here are some of my Repainted Prewar Lionel train in the orange and blue scheme.
Show us your Lionel Themed Orange and Blue repaints
These were all picked up as junk/parts that I found at various train shows.
All the wheels of the cars have been painted orange to help and bring out that toy tin plate look.
I had some bleed through on the masking and will be correcting later with a brush.
I used Rustoleum spray paint and waited well over a week to apply the other color, if this is not done the paint will crinkle up.
The engine is a 250 early version with a strap headlight. Just a note when doing this make sure your revere lever is not by the strap headlight. Reason is that when changing directions, you will short the revers handle to the wire connection on the headlight. The wheels and cowcatcher are painted orange.
The gondola 901 car originally had the hook type couplers, but I changed that to the CP-7 latch type couplers.
The tank Car is an early 804.
The Hoper is an early 803.
The caboose is an 807.
I will be ordering rubber stamps to label the cars that need to be re-lettered.
I am working on a 805 box car and this car has a lot of parts.
