Part 56: painting a brass C25
My Westside models C25 in HOn3 will be getting some upgrades.
It already has new gears installed and will now get sound, lights and a good paint job.
I will also improve the power pick-ups with added wipers on the tender and the locomotive.
The parts involved (well, at least some of them...).
Disassembly of the locomotive.
The main parts cleaned with soda and repaired. Some loose solder joints that had to be fixed.
AO blasted, ready for paint. As can be seen it isn't air blowed clean yet as some of the blasting medium is still on the model.
More blasted parts...
Painted and decalled. The paint is Scalecoat 1 engine black that has been baked in the oven.
The decals are from San Juan decals. The number was easy to choose as the D&RGW only had one C25; #375...
The smokebox is painted with Alclad silver.
The tender shell.
All in all a good start on the project.
Now I have to install the decoder, light and speaker.
Then some light weathering... I'll be making it look like the photos of the original.
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