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 Posted - July 27 2016 : 09:54:09 AM
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This was actually a "real" passenger set used used by Conrail. IIRC, Conrail called it the "executive Train" see the pic of the real thing. I just finished this yesterday. I had to re-do the Rivarossi E8. When I used the suggested sharpie, the blue paint got screwed up. The railings are almost too narrow to paint. The paint color I used matched the original closely, though it didn't come out like that in the pictures.
The passenger cars are "Scene Master" formerly Life-Like. I used Testor's paint with my special mix semi-gloss for the clear coat. The passenger car decals are actually Microscale "N gauge".
Pics of the real train....
Edited by - AF Kid on July 27 2016 09:59:12 AM
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 10:23:49 AM
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BEAUTIFUL set, AFKid. I had seen pics of the Conrail train that was painted dark green, but never in the Conrail blue. Very nice.
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 10:59:15 AM
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*Grabby Paws!* me wants!! 
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 11:35:19 AM
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Amazing work!
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 5:33:59 PM
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| Nice work Pete. What's the deal with the Sharpie? Is it suppose to be able to do fine lines on things like handrails?
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 6:58:12 PM
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| That looks fantastic! Great work!
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Posted - July 27 2016 : 11:15:33 PM
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The handrails were too thin and the ink screwed up the blue paint.... So, I had to strip and re-paint the whole thing. The paint on the handrails is from an airbrush and a thin sable brush.
Then I had to touch up the blue area next to the hand rails. A PIA.... to do.
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