From rust to Demo, this BL2 has become my first acvtually successful redo. We’ll start from the beginning, it’s a Proto pre-DCC BL2, I bought at a train show for 25. Originally 30, but cracked gears and the seller knocked off the cost of the gears for me. The engine was a WM, a previous owner primered it it two shades of rust color. The engine never made it to it;s true colors, we’ll never know what he wanted. It made it to the seller, and then to me. I was going to use it’s chassis for an AHM Monon. I decided to reuse the shell though on the bum AHM, and it would sit and look pretty, or maybe I’d fix it. over the next year, I decided to actually use it for something, and was painted Blue from a spray to be a Naptown White River Club (Mine) but the blue was too light. Along came a disscussion on this forum, and someone tossed out the demo. In looking for it, I discovered the blue shell I have is correct, and that Microscale sells the decals. Another month went by, the decals arrived thursday, the silver went on Friday, and decals were on Saturday Night. (Sunday Morning. Say, 2 am[:-^]) So here she is. Sorry for the bad pictures.
This is where I started. It turned out right good, no problems with the decals. On this side are the stripes, bot ends road numbers, and the F marking front. It is there, but no normal human can read it.
Roof shots, You may notice the silver. This IS overspray, but oddly, I find it draws my attentiopn much the way weathering does, and I like it.