I am about to begin work on a Highliner F7 shell to go on an Athearn Genesis drive. The unit will be in the Santa Fe Cat Whisker scheme. Does anyone sell a curve template for the nose of these units? Thanks in advance for any help or advice!
Microscale makes this product:
But I’m not sure if it’s just a black decal or how exactly to use it.
Its is a blue decal. If you are airbrushing… photocopy the template (as it is a decal) and use the photocopy to make a tape template for airbrushing. The microscale decal has templates for several engines.
The Cat Whisker scheme would not use those decals for the blue and yellow warbonnet paint job, totally different. Microscale sells set # 699 for this paint scheme. I used the red pin stripe portion of the set to create my own template for cutting masking tape.
Thank you all for answering. I think Russell has it right. I have Microscale set 699 and am not using the red lines anyway. It’s so simple it’s brilliant! That’s why these forums are great it just takes an extra set of eyes (or a few thousand) to get a great idea. Thanks again!
Craig
Does anyone know who makes the yellow paint in the shade that’s used on the engine in this picture? I need it for touch up. on a Stewart ATSF FT. Thank you very much.
Dick
Texas Chief
Polly Scale makes a paint called Santa Fe Catwisker Yellow (414146). How good a match it is to the Stewart paint I don’t know.
Which Stewart Santa Fe FT paint are you looking for specifically? The original cream, or the latter yellow? Hard to tell in that prototype photo but I’m guessing it’s cream.
You’re right Matt, it’s the cream. I bought a set of the first run ATSF FT’s in the “Catwhisker” scheme and when I installed the windows, the paint flaked off. I understand this was a pretty common problem with the first runs. So I waited (for what seemed like forever, I think about a year) for them to bring out the second run. When they did, Mr. Stewart told me to send back the shells and he would replace them, which he did. I installed the windows in the second set with no problems. The engines then sat in a display case for a couple of years without being touched. Then I noticed a patch of cream paint had just fallen off in the same place as the others. (Between the windshields). By then I had givin up and when they brought out the third run of these engines, I just ordered one A unit in the same scheme. Now I’m still at a loss because the third run has a different shade of cream. [soapbox] Thanks for listening to my rant.
Dick
Texas Chief