Just pickedup a westside model brass PRR Q2

Just got this PRR Q2 and want to modernized it… had a bad paint job and I’d striped it…

…I’ve never been next to a brass model…They must be awesome.

OMI {sold brass models}, here in Muncie for years.

this is my first brass train… Had a bad paint job on it… it was in flat black and was oily… Used purple power degreaser and it gave the train the old weather looks…want to paint mine like this one…this one sold on ebay for 785…

You might want to repost this on the Model Railroad forum. This is 1" = 1’.

I did… I’m surprise that I dont see anyone whos onws one of these Q2 didnt post yet…Here what it looks like cleaned up by using a hand tooth brush wire brush…