C&O H-5 2-6-6-2 Articulated Painting

Started by ACL1504, April 21, 2020, 05:37:43 PM

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ACL1504

Quote from: RWL on April 27, 2020, 08:51:49 AM

A removable cab, how nice. Detailed cab interiors really place a great paint job into the category of an exceptional paint job. The light Apple Green that ALCO used will set the engine off nicely. Good step by step again Tom.


Bob

Bob,

I appreciate you stopping by. I've only known a few PFM brass models with removable cabs. This one would have been a difficult cab interior painting without it being removable.

You are one step ahead of me as that is exactly what I'll be doing, painting the cab interior a cab green I mixed a few years ago. Of course that also means an interior cab light.

Again, thank you.

Tom  ;D
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ACL1504

Today I spent several hours in the paint shop.  Most of the larger parts are now painted and the drivers and boiler are next.

I needed to make a cab shade for the left side prior to painting it. I used a piece of K&S brass stock to make the shade. The brass stock is 1/4" side and .5mm thick. The photo makes the width look wider.



I scribed a center line as a guide and used a Dremel cut off disk for the initial cut.




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ACL1504

I used the Dremel as a cutting tool and file. When I got the width I wanted, I cut off the part and then trimmed it to the correct length.



Here is the factory installed cab shade.



More in a few.


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ACL1504


Using my Micro Mini Torch, I very lightly tinned one side/edge of the new shade and the side of the cab.
I used super thin CAA (super glue) glue and tacked each end to hold the shade in place.

I then very quickly hit the area with the torch to melt the tinned solder. Easy peasy!



New shade in place for the fireman.



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jerryrbeach


"Easy peasy!"


Seriously, Tom?  If I tried to do that I'd have a cab kit to try to re-build, operative word here being "try".
Jerry

ACL1504

Quote from: jerryrbeach on April 27, 2020, 06:53:28 PM

"Easy peasy!"


Seriously, Tom?  If I tried to do that I'd have a cab kit to try to re-build, operative word here being "try".


Jerry,

Well, I should have said easy peasy for me since I've done this a time or two. I suppose I felt as you do at one time. Not sure I'd even try this 30 years ago. Thanks for following along. 8)

Tom  ;D
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Thomas Jefferson

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ACL1504

I got the frame and drivers painted and partially reassembled. I've done a short video you can view later in the thread.



I also painted the cab interior. I mixed some Scalecoat White and Southern Green for the interior color. I've used this color on other cab interiors.

There is some paint bleed over around the windows but this will be covered when the window frames are painted red.



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ACL1504

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Thomas Jefferson

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ACL1504

I spent six hours today getting all the parts back and running smoothly.

Sometimes I think I should just paint the side rods, main rods and all the moving parts without taking them all apart. I have know some who have done this and it also shows in the shoddy paint job. I was just thinking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV9rFkV6Uuo
"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Thomas Jefferson

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Zephyrus52246

Wow.  Smooth and quiet, especially considering all those moving parts.  Did you clean this unpainted brass with acetone as well? Do you set it in an acetone bath?  How long? 

Jeff

GPdemayo

Gregory P. DeMayo
General Construction Superintendent Emeritus
St. Louis & Denver Railroad
Longwood, FL

Jim Donovan

What a beautiful engine and really enjoy watching you make it even better. You take patience to a new level. Thanks to the Judge for the background information.

Jim
Holland & Odessa Railroad

NKP768

Hey Tom,
Another great looking job - I had a custom painter give me a tip on the side rods. Coat them with PBL's liquid graphite. The wear/ contact surfaces will remove the coating through normal operation and the resulting patina resembles that over-the-road grime that accumulates on the rods. The side benefit is that it gives the rods a degree of lubrication with no messy oil.
Doug

ACL1504

Quote from: Zephyrus52246 on April 30, 2020, 07:37:44 PM
Wow.  Smooth and quiet, especially considering all those moving parts.  Did you clean this unpainted brass with acetone as well? Do you set it in an acetone bath?  How long? 

Jeff


Jeff,

Thanks for looking in. Yes, all the parts were cleaned in an Acetone bath. I have an old clean glass bread baking dish. No more the 10 minutes. That is plenty of time for the Acetone to remove the clear coat on the brass.

The dish is 9 L X 5 W X 3.5  deep. After the bath I wash/rinse all parts in warm soapy water.

Tom ;D


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Thomas Jefferson

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ACL1504

"If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed."
Thomas Jefferson

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telsr1@aol.com

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