Undecorated diesels

When you find some please keep us in mind for the decals to make them the RR's you want to have on your layout.

Dave, LBR

Atlas offered the RS-1 undecorated, item number 6870 in 3-rail and 5870-1 in 2-rail.

Paint a decorated one. No stripping needed - pick a paint scheme that is low on graphics.

Get some "sanding film" (Testors, I think), which is very fine sand "paper" and remove

or reduce things like numbers on cab sides and other thick-ish paint/ink.

One of the magazines - MR, I believe - had a paint article about 10 years ago in which

the author made a very good point about NOT stripping a diesel (or other) body (rough quote): "the factory paint makes a better primer coat than anything you are likely to do yourself". 

Obviously, common sense is important, as in all other things:

- few graphics on old paint scheme (to cover/hide/be texturally visible from a bad light angle)

- paint over old scheme with flat gray (typically) primer

- test new paint on old paint (a small patch) for compatibility, even though you're going to prime it - things can sneak through thin patches

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Once you get it gray, it's undecorated - so press on.

Maybe this is part of the hobby, at least, in 3 rail, that needs some re- awakening.   Given my google searches it seems That this is very popular in other scales.    I know atlas o has some engines undecorated,  what about the the other manufacturers?   What about offering just the shells?  

   Just my thoughts

Atlas un-decorated models have to be pre-ordered along with the other offerings.  I've done several Atlas  SW9's and one Atlas GP-7 un-decorated. There was a recent offering of the RS-1's  I have not seen the C420 from Atlas in some time.

SW-9

GP7

Steve, Mr Muffin's Trains, recently  posted a thread on Atlas RS1.