Originally posted by shaygetz - May 25 2007 : 9:51:59 PM
Thanks. This is one of the early ones that used the flexible hose for a drive shaft. I am not happy with the type of hose I used, it is to flexible and causes vibration. I may have to design something better.Ray
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Well done Ray, nice looking General. I'm curious as to how much time is spent actually doing the work and what the overall time is to complete painting/detailing a piece of work like that.
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Thanks Mike and Todd, I was working on this project off and on for the last month. A lot of the time was waiting for paint to cure so the tape wouldn't pull the paint off after masking it off for the next color. Once I got the black, green and red on, I clear coated it with gloss clear, applied the decals and applied another coat of clear gloss. The decal pinstripes took some time. (I would estimate 6 hrs.) They were all put on one at a time. (the red on the domes are also decals) I also improved the electrical pick up on the tender by adding wipers to the axles wired directly to the tender frame. It was a lot of tedious work but I think the results were worth it. Now I want to tear down a couple of AHM 4-4-0s and repaint them.Ray
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