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Red Oak Series: Weathering N scale locomotives
Great video clinic. Only other thing I would do is paint the MicroTrains air hoses black.
I bet Cody got after you for shaking instead of stirring that jar of paint…
Excellent video on painting minuscule (Excuse me! N-scale) locomotives. Good explanations of why and what and how much to paint where. In that era more attention was paid to looks than is the case now.
While the Burlington (CB&Q) DID keep its passenger fleet clean, would the E5’s have been as pristine in 1964? All E5’s were built exclusively for the Burlington in 1940 and 1941; 1964, the year in which the Red Oak is set, is also the last year of production for all the E-units.
Also, the CB&Q’s E5’s were unique in that they were sheathed in stainless steel and so would probably NOT have shown as much deterioration (read “rust”) as any other 44 year old (in 1964) units. But, no matter HOW well the Burlington cleaned their passenger units, I would think (I do NOT KNOW, only think.) the tops would have a much heavier coating of soot and grime - NO rust (that is why you use SS), but definitely more soot and grime.
David, A few months ago I researched the CB&Q GP20s and the EMD F2. 1964 doesn’t fit the exact timeline for the Red Oak project layout.
“Here it goes 1961 April/May because of the GP20s. The F2 diesels were retired/ traded in May 1962.”
David, I have to second the comment about the GP20 being wrong for ANY road in 1954. I know why it’s there because MR got a “freebie” as a review sample. That’s a good job of reusing an item. I also noticed an International extended vision caboose (waycar to a CB&Q guy) in your selection of rolling stock - again that’s a 1960s item (on the Q at least). The CB&Q started applying the Chinese Red paint scheme in about 1959. I believe a GP7 was the first unit repainted. The GP20s and SD24s were the first new units received in the red. So all you have to do is state that the scenario is circa 1964 (I think the E5s were still on the roster, although running their final miles out on the C&S or FW&D).
Nice weathering techniques. Perhaps sometime you can go over the use of “washes”. I find ink or paint washes to be my personal choice for adding depth to diesel details.
I haven’t gotten to the weathering stage yet on the locomotives but your videos give me confidence to venture there and up the realism of olds Alcos and EMD units laboring in the northeast.
I never noticed in the full build video, what brand GP20 were used and were they DCC?
Thank you,
Max Weiss