Another brass loco project - repairs and painting.

[jimmillho]

Tom, I will check my stash....I may have some Roundhouse red jewels that you can have

Jim

[ACL1504]

Tom, I will check my stash....I may have some Roundhouse red jewels that you can have

Jim

Jim,

That would be great. I sure need them. Last month I found some white and green on
Ebay. Iron Horse models sells them but only in white. They are a little over sized for HO scale.

Tom

[jerryrbeach]

Tom,
I think you could use rhinestones for your marker light jewels.  I found an iron on rhinestone applique at Walmart for a couple dollars.  The red stones are about.065 in diameter.  I bought them to use for vehicle tail lights, so I picked the iron on with the smallest red stones they had.  I believe you can find similar at any of the large craft stores. 
Jerry

[ACL1504]

Tom,
I think you could use rhinestones for your marker light jewels.  I found an iron on rhinestone applique at Walmart for a couple dollars.  The red stones are about.065 in diameter.  I bought them to use for vehicle tail lights, so I picked the iron on with the smallest red stones they had.  I believe you can find similar at any of the large craft stores. 
Jerry

Jerry,

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I'll check out the craft stores.


Tom

[jimmillho]

Tom,
I found the stash of red and white jewels. There are no green in the bunch.  They measure about 0.07 inches but theyn look a little big for HO.  They are yours if you want them.

Jim

[ACL1504]

Tom,
I found the stash of red and white jewels. There are no green in the bunch.  They measure about 0.07 inches but theyn look a little big for HO.  They are yours if you want them.

Jim

Jim,

I believe they are a little big for HO scale but I'll take them all the same. If you'll bring them with you on Thursday, I'll stop by and get them. Thanks very much.

Tom

[ACL1504]

The USRA has been disassembled. Here is a photo of the main loco parts.



And, here are all the rest of the parts.



The loco was given an Acetone bath, washed in warm soapy water and baked dry. It's now ready for the paint shop.

[RWL]

Tom,

I have been following as usual and have a suggestion to your marker dilemma, give the following a try for lenses, I resorted to this process after I ran out of the 300 series of MV lenses. After the markers are painted your favorite color (black) put a drop (I use a pinhead as an applicator) of white, or silver paint in the marker depressions, there is enough tension in the paint to not run beyond the edges. Once dry follow with Tamiya clear stains (Red, Amber, or Green) using the same method and let it dry. After that I seal the colors with a touch of white glue (your choice as long as it dries clear) and you are done. It is a lengthy process, but you don't wind up with out of scale protrusions from the marker castings representing lenses.

Anyway, it is a thought.

Bob

[ACL1504]

Tom,

I have been following as usual and have a suggestion to your marker dilemma, give the following a try for lenses, I resorted to this process after I ran out of the 300 series of MV lenses. After the markers are painted your favorite color (black) put a drop (I use a pinhead as an applicator) of white, or silver paint in the marker depressions, there is enough tension in the paint to not run beyond the edges. Once dry follow with Tamiya clear stains (Red, Amber, or Green) using the same method and let it dry. After that I seal the colors with a touch of white glue (your choice as long as it dries clear) and you are done. It is a lengthy process, but you don't wind up with out of scale protrusions from the marker castings representing lenses.

Anyway, it is a thought.

Bob

Bob,

Thanks for following along, much appreciated.

Your suggestion is an excellent idea, no, it's brilliant! I was gong to do the pin drop in red for the rear markers. I've used that method on prior occasions for back head detail.

Again, great suggestion and I very much appreciate it. Now, excuse me, I'm off to Colonial Photo and Hobby for some Tamiya clear stain paints!

Tom

[ACL1504]

While working on the USRA 4-6-2, I've been looking forward to what I'll be painting next. I have a NJ International C&O J-2 Class 4-8-2. It has a long haul tender.

Here is a photo of the bottom.



The problem is that this tender is all soldered together. The bottom doesn't come unscrewed. If I can't install WOW sound, there is no need to paint the loco. I'll need to find a way to open the tender coal bunker with a hole large enough install the decoder, the Keep Alive unit and a speaker. I'll also need to route the wires from the tender to the loco.





More on this in a few days.

[ACL1504]

I've also been working on some other brass stuff.

A friend of the SBG, Jon Shubert, gave the Judge five brass log cars. The cars are stamped "Kadee" on four of them and the other is an unknown. It simply has the stamp "Korea" on the bottom.

I'll be making some minor repairs to the cars and then they get an Acetone bath and paint.

[ACL1504]

Continued in a few.

[ACL1504]

The brass log cars are nice but do come with some issues that need to be fixed.

Most of the couplers are affixed as seen below.



One of the cars is missing the log rack on the one end.

[ak-milw]

Those couplers look like I put them on.

[RWL]

Tom,

I think J2 is a Dong Jin model, you may be able to sweat the slope sheet from the rest of the bunker if you are careful. Use those wet cotton balls profusely and to your advantage. What are the heat limitations for the electronics? No baking the paint on this one.

Bob