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Work on the Autorails


SNCF stephen

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Whilst I was cooling down from doing the gardening I had a chance to make a little progress with the UFO collection that is slowly being worked down.

 

X3900

Today I painted the buffer beams and used the waterslide transfers for the stripes on the sides. This caused a bit of bad language because I have never used them before. However, I got there in the end! There are a few places where I will paint such as the whiskers, which are going to be difficult, and the the small gaps by some of the doors.

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X5800

I worked on getting this painted up. I handpainted it using acryllics and found that getting the curves of the red paint at each end was very tricky. I am going to tidy these up but I will save them for another day. The chassis was also weighted down to give it better traction.

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I love the X3900, the printing, and the shade of green, bring out the front 'face' with the grilles beautifully.

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Like the "Commandement" Picasso! I never cease to be amazed by people's achievements in N gauge, given my performance in HO/OO/On30! This is a fine collection.

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Thanks for the kind words about the X3900. It is a great looking Autorail. It is a shame that the real thing is slowly rusting away at Bort Les Ourges. Painting the whiskers is going to be very difficult!

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