Hi everybody,
as I already told you in my “Relaunched-Thread”, I’d like to share the story about my AMRoad “Silver Streak”, the fictional train from the 1976 movie “Silver Streak” with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. I think most of the train buffs here in the forum know the movie and have watched it at least once if not several times, right?
First of all I wanted to show an American style O-Gauge layout on a trainshow in Germany, that was the initial thought in January, nothing more. I love F-units as most people do, it’s the icon of American trains and even Märklin, the German train maker, had this locomotive in their range since the 1960’s. So, a US-themed layout means at least one train with an F-unit. The classic warbonnet Santa Fe with silver streamlined coaches? Well, little bit too standard, but nice anyway. Maybe something different…
My first option actually was a black Penn Central with a string of coaches. I like black diesels, they look impressive. Then I came across the Griswold house when looking for accessories and buildings for my layout. And I found a K-Line tank car “Ewing Oil”. And then I got obsessed with adding movie models to my collection just to make it more interresting to the audience. A movie train with F-units, the “Silver Streak” came to mind. I checked the internet if somebody ever modelled this train, a few did. And I also found waterslide decals from Circus City Decals.
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They offer the “Silver Streak” decal sets in black or blue basic colors and in different scales. In my eyes the prototype had black stickers, so I ordered two sets in black. One Set includes all decals for an entire 8-car train and twin locos, but I needed some more for spare in case of decalling accidents (wise desicion…)
Then came the train. A Williams F3 was my choice, coll