Pennsylvania K4 Repaint

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Tom
Uline sells a nice little lighted magnifier for around 50 bucks.
Doug

Doug,

Thanks, I'll check it also.

Tom

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Painting and decaling are finished on the K-4s.

I still need to add marker jewels, crew, windows, cab curtains,very very light weathering, coal load and TCS WOW sound.

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When I enlarged the next two photos it came out grainy and looks like the paint isn't smooth, it is smooth. Sorry 'bout that.

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I forgot to mention one thing about the decals. When using on decals, you may find that when soaking or applying them they simple break up/fall apart.

I had this discussion with Bob, RWL, and one way to solve this issue is to spray the decals with Testors Clear Gloss. Since I had three sets of the K-4 decals, I decided to test one. These decals are about 18 years old. However, they were perfect and were applied to the model without the requirement of a clear gloss coat on the decals.

[Zephyrus52246]

Looks great, Tom.  I'll bet those tender stripes were a pain to put on.

Jeff

[Judge]

Looking good, Tom!  Dick Dewitt would be proud.  (He was the owner of our hobby shop for many years and we inherited several Pennsy engines from him, including this K4s.  The paint job formerly on this engine was simply not up to Tom's standards.) 

[ReadingBob]

She's a beauty alright!     Super job my friend. 

I sure hope I can remember that tip about decals that break apart.  That happened to me recently and I simply gave up.   

[sdrees]

Beautiful paint job Tom.  Many years ago as a teenager, I painted several of my brass locomotives using an automobile primer.  I still have them and they still look nice.  I had a Binks airbrush at the time.

[GPdemayo]

Great job Tom.......all you need is the heavyweights for it to pull. 

[NKP768]

Beautiful looking engine Tom - great job
Doug

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Looks great, Tom.  I'll bet those tender stripes were a pain to put on.

Jeff

Jeff,

Thank you, much appreciated. The tender stripping wasn't that bad. They came on one sheet, the hard part was getting it all square.

The Frisco decals were a real pain to put on. Each corner had to be aligned and the the double stripping was added in between the corners. I spent close to an hour on each side of the Frisco.

Tom

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Looking good, Tom!  Dick Dewitt would be proud.  (He was the owner of our hobby shop for many years and we inherited several Pennsy engines from him, including this K4s.  The paint job formerly on this engine was simply not up to Tom's standards.)

Bill,

Much appreciate the compliment. Dick may be proud and then promptly find something wrong. The previous paint job was good back in 1975 but no so for the A&S RR. You know me to well.

Tom

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She's a beauty alright!     Super job my friend. 

I sure hope I can remember that tip about decals that break apart.  That happened to me recently and I simply gave up.   

Bob,

Thanks very much. It was a fun paint job but happy to be moving on. Old decals an certainly be a challenge.

Tom

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Beautiful paint job Tom.  Many years ago as a teenager, I painted several of my brass locomotives using an automobile primer.  I still have them and they still look nice.  I had a Binks airbrush at the time.

Steve,

Thank you. The auto primer in dark gray would be a good color for a weathered loco, never thought of using it.

I still use a Binks airbrush. I have three different heads and they have served me well. They ain't broken so I ain't replacing them. I did however replace the old Binks compressor about 20 years ago.

Tom