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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #30 on: November 10, 2022, 02:24:30 PM »
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Back to our regularly scheduled Blue Bird.

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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #31 on: November 10, 2022, 10:39:26 PM »
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Down to the wire to get this thing on the rails at Trainfest…

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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #32 on: November 10, 2022, 10:50:46 PM »
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Quote from: Sokramiketes on November 10, 2022, 02:24:30 PM
Back to our regularly scheduled Blue Bird.

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that brings to mind a question - when you painted the obervation, how did you mask to get the thin silver separation between the blue window band and the blue letterboard?
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I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #33 on: November 12, 2022, 10:06:56 AM »
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Just a strip of Tamiya masking tape. I did spray some gray primer first, just to get a good edge before black and blue. Seems to help keep it clean.
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #34 on: November 12, 2022, 03:06:55 PM »
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #35 on: November 12, 2022, 03:09:06 PM »
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um... WOW!
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #36 on: November 12, 2022, 03:31:29 PM »
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #37 on: November 14, 2022, 12:25:50 AM »
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That looks really great! What is the baggage car done up from?
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #38 on: November 14, 2022, 12:55:33 PM »
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      Wow! That is a wonderful finished train. Nate Goodman. (Nato). Salt Lake , Utah.
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #39 on: November 14, 2022, 07:59:07 PM »
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Quote from: squirrelhunter on November 14, 2022, 12:25:50 AM
That looks really great! What is the baggage car done up from?

RailSmith ex-Walthers corrugated baggage car.  It's pretty close to #375, although I screwed up and painted it like a standard Wabash car and it had two rows of fluting, in silver, showing wider than what I painted as a separator between the letter board and window band blue. 

Always room for improvement. 
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #40 on: December 14, 2022, 03:49:59 AM »
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Mike or Tom Or George, are the Gary Roe decals for these cars still available, and if so , how does one order them?
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #41 on: December 14, 2022, 10:16:06 AM »
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 Not sure if still available, I ordered years ago.  But this was the email address for Gary: wabashrr@swbell.net
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #42 on: December 14, 2022, 03:07:48 PM »
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Thanks Mike
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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #43 on: February 11, 2023, 06:39:51 PM »
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Back at it before the Mad City train show. Working on the two Kato dome coaches. I was able to remove the lettering and painted name board with 99% alcohol. Also painted silver around vestibule doors. Clear coat with mist of Tamiya smoke. Relettered. Truck cutouts in skirts.

Still need new numberboards above the trucks. But we’re getting better.

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Re: Wabash Blue Bird
« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2023, 06:57:11 PM »
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Nice!  What's your technique for adding number boards without screwing up the finish?
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