Athearn body shells painted?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I plan on buying a replacement shell for my blue box GP60. Do the replacement shells come painted or will I need to paint it myself?

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If you’re ordering directly from Athearn it’s the bare, unpainted or “undecorated” shell. No handrails, numberboard or headlight lenses are included.

If you haven’t already, check out www.athearn.com

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I did check out the Athearn site, and it was some help [:)]

As far as ordering it, I’ll be ordering it through my local hobby shop…

I suppose painting the shell will be good experience… :expressionless:

But I still need to know:

• Does the “parts bag” include the numberboard and lenses?

• what is the part number for the truck sideframes? I don’t see them listed on the site.

I have the handrails and dynamic brake, but that’s all :expressionless:

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My GP60 instruction sheet does not list numbers for the sideframes, however it does list a Sideframe set (46036) that includes 4 each of sideframes, brake cylinders, swing hangers, and shock struts. Athearn is usually helpful if you e-mail them, you might want to check on availibility. I don’t know about the parts bag.

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Thanks for the sideframe set number [:D] I guess I’ll order that, the shell, and the parts bag, which is bound to include parts I’ll be thankful later on for buying (<-- has a tendency to destroy small pieces) [;)]

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Jwaldo,

Hope you don’t mind the curiosity.

What type of paint will you be using and which roadname will you be refinishing your locomotive in?

Cheers!

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Hope you don’t mind the curiosity.

Not at all! [;)]

What type of paint will you be using

I don’t know yet [B)]

and which roadname will you be refinishing your locomotive in?

SP or Rio Grande

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UNPAINTED.

I used to order Athearn ‘Dummy’s’ to get a painted shell. The price was cheap enough that i’d just throw away the chassis. If you want custom painting, $100 to $150 per engine is current pricing, and cost of aquiring painting equipment - pressurized Tank, ventilation box, etc - is BIG bucks.

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My original plan was to buy a dummy unit, use it’s shell, and put the old shell on the dummy chassis for the scrapyard, but I can’t find a dummy GP60 anywhere :frowning: As for painting, I have a basic airbru***hat will get the job done. It’s putting decals on that bothers me. It’s something I’m notoriously bad at [xx(]