E-L black/yellow scheme decals?

[Joetrain59]

Hi all,
 I want to do up a LL C424 in the black/yellow scheme. But I can't seem to find appropriate decals. I checked Micro Scale, Prime Mover, and Highball Graphics. Nada, unless I missed them? See link from FF site for loco pic.  http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/el/loco/el2413jpa.jpg.
 Thanks for any guidance,
 Joe D

[x600]

Joe, The easy part is the lettering, Diamonds and "Radio Equipped" are on Microscale 60-16, the hard part is
the yellow nose. I don't think anyone makes that as a decal. I remember on some early paint project, I used
the yellow from an HO Erie decal set, cut the curve out, and painted the nose. Was a real pain, but perhaps with some care you could make it work.
I checked my decal stash, but don't know what Erie set I used. Maybe an HO EL/DL&W set could give you a big enough piece of yellow.
Not impossible, but that would be a B***H to mask and spray.
Oh and the 424/5s had that stencil type font for the number boards, not sure where you would find them as they are not on any of the sets that I have, including various white letter/number sets.
Maybe that's why I only do the GMY scheme. I didn't like the post merger, pre William White, "Erie" black.

Let me know how it works out.

Greg O.
 

[Joetrain59]

I contacted Prime Mover Decals. Response was these decals are planned for HO and N in the future. How long in the future???
 I did the Microscale set, buy it's the yellow nose I'd like as a decal. Maybe I'll just paint engine black for now.
 Thanks,
 Joe D

[R L Smith]

Joe, I also have a C424 painted black awaiting a solution to the yellow nose.  If you come up with anything, please let me know. 

I did this one a few years ago by hand-painting the nose.



Regarding the number board font; the next unit I have is to be #2415 so that I can re-use the numberboards from the PRR unit I stripped. I can live with the font compared to the stress of decaling the boards... 

Ron

[Joetrain59]

Ron, looks pretty good! What horns did you use, as I will do same arrangement on the C424 in m/y/g I'm working on now?
I should contact Prime Mover for possible timeframe. I've printed #boards on paper, and just tacked them on clear inserts.
 Thanks,
 Joe D

 PS, A black unit could be lettered for PC, if they got any in the merger. (Pretty sure they did.)  Did any survive into Conrail paint?

[R L Smith]

The horns are Atlas single chime horns from my parts bin.  All details are based on the builders photo of #2406 from 1964, as well as photos in various EL books.  (EL Power Vol. 1 was very useful!). You are right, the horn location varied over the years, but the black and yellow scheme only lasted 4 to 6 years (based on research of books, not first-hand experience).

I believe all the C424's made it to Conrail. Of those, most ran in GMY for quite a while, I doubt they were all repainted blue.

Since I did the first one, I wanted to paint a second for a matched set. It's sitting on the back of the workbench awaiting motivation and yellow nose decals.    If I ever acquire another LL unit, I may try to bash it into a C424M painted for the B&H # 422 for a 50 year "before -and-after" comparison.

RLS

[Joetrain59]

Ron, Thanks for horn info. Likely have those in my parts bin, too.
 No reply from Prime Mover about future date on decals.
 Joe D