Model Railroad - Painting Trains

Today we custom paint some older N Scale locomotives.

We also make a custom road name for my new railroad and I focus on my techniques using affordable or at home products.

[LongIslandCityLayout]

Nice little units! They came out pretty good. I thought HO scale was small, N is next level!

[jasonminier]

You have an incredibly patient and steady hand. That is the art I love seeing in this hobby. I'm looks ng to do the same with similar locomotives. You've given me inspiration. Good luck!

[babysag]

I really enjoyed this video. I think I like the parts where you made mistakes the best, not because of them, but because you admitted making them. We are not perfect, and it is good to see that my errors match those who I look to for guidance and support. I imagine that you get better each time you do this. I like your mountain decal!

[WWIIREBEL]

Tamiya brand painters tape is absolute gold, when it comes to painting trains, lol.

[ericrivest]

Thank you for this informative video! Great job. Contemplating repainting a loco myself

[HILLERYYARD]

love your white mountain railroad...keep up the great work.. would of liked to see the spray painting..just to see how paint hits the small shells from spray cans

[ShukakuTheCrazy]

Very nice. Im aiming for a hand painting, myself, but ive seen some cool spraywork.

[eugeneroban]

automotive brake fluid is the best paint remover. soak 48 hours. no wire bush needed.

[tommythomason]

I'm glad to have stumbled over this in my You Tube feed.
I had done a similar thing with my 15 N-scale locomotivrs - including, ironically, two Bachmann F9s. Used the isopropyl alcohol, toothbrush and a similar mount - and had my own railroad paint scheme (Testor's [Sky] blue) and my own round, dark yellow logo. The logos were a nice design, though a little clunky, but I did not spray the shells with primer. I used tiny office supply, Helvetica Bold, stenciling for the name, "Texas Central, " emblazoned across the sides of the locomotives. I'd like to see how you did your logo and stenciling.

[chazco]

When painting, anything, patience is needed. Overall a great video

[thomasryan]

Would it be easier to use a paper towel and then use the ducttape ¿

[TKevinBlanc]

First thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail is "that's not a Western Maryland paint scheme...". The second thing I thought was "oh sure you can make your own decals for HO..." Then you picked up the loco... 😂

[duanefalk]

Ha! You invented a new eggcorn: “icy propyl alcohol”. It fits!

[animalyze]

Great video same technique I use on my HO Loco's and Stock minus the enamel paint. Shortly I'll be posting some videos on my restoration channel so you'll see how well Acrylics & an Airbrush really make this work easier and yield great results. Current;y I'm working on a custom scheme using Candy colors and it's really coming along great, hoping to have enough footage to start the channel with a good library started. Keep up the great work it's always fun to see what ideas people come up with while designing their own RR schemes.

[Horse]

If memory serves, the round fans on top are for the radiators and the grills on the sides are air-intakes.

[BroomfieldRR]

I might look at using a Cricut machine for G scale lettering trains and buildings.

[michaelquinones-lxks]

If you want to completely take the paint off use alcohol of 80% or higher that gets the job done fast plus you would be better off using water based acrylic paint which is better than solvent based paint which ruins plastic that i use when i give my 'HO' model trains a paint job plus you should go to art supply stores that have wide variety of water based acrylic paints and lots of tools and supplies for your modeling needs.

[josephskuse]

Doesn’t that ruin the value of a model train? Should I paint my model train a different paint scheme? I think about painting my model Amtrak MTH train and Lionel NJT Train a different scheme but I think I shouldn’t. I’ve had the Amtrak one since 2004 and the NJT train since 2011.

[JBG]

How do you make your own decals ? I need a few made .

[elleryparsons]

How come you can’t get an Unpainted shells?