Union Pacific 202 - Orange Re-Paint 12

I like the orange enough to move on to the silver. The silver is going on very light, it takes a lot more coats. So far Ive only done this side, the other side looks like last picture. Probably 2 more coats of silver and I will move around to the other side. It looks so much better without the black trim I tried.

Im taking my time, still trying to figure out what to put in the front for the lights.

Union Pacific 202 - Orange Re-Paint 11

Where Was I?
Its been crazy around here. Finally getting back to this Train Business.

Last time, I sanded and cut out some bumps I did not like around the doors. They really showed up in the paint. I also decided not to go with the black trim, that did not look right to me either.
Tonight I touched up the Orange.



Im thinking I will wait until this coat drys and take another look at. It will need another coat of orange.

Im thinking about weathering it as well. What do you think?

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So after doing some painting, I found some more flaws. When I first painted the lines, they were to thick. I did not like the look. These pictures I have already used some steel wool around the edges. Its hard to explain, but look at the edges of the doors. They are not sharp. There is extra pieces of plastic that stick up.

I was not able to get a clean line on the door molding. It really looked terrible to me. I tried to take a few pictures so you can see the extra edges. It looks like when laminated plywood gets wet, the edges peal up. of course nothing here is pealing up, its just the way the plastic looks.

This is a door Ive cleaned up the edges. So there is only one hight point. Since it is not painted yet, it might be hard to see, but once I put the orange back down, it should mate all the way right to the molding line.

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Touching it up and painting some trim. So far I've only done a little on this side. A long way to go, but wanted to post pictures as I go.

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How cool is this Train?

operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q, commonly known by the shorter name of "Burlington") between Chicago, Illinois, Omaha, Nebraska and Lincoln, Nebraska. It operated from 1947 to 1971.

Union Pacific 202 - Orange Re-Paint 8

I scored the edge of the tape and pulled it off. Still need to do some clean up, but this is what it looks like now. I like the colors.

After I get it cleaned up better, I will follow up with some more detail. Get the UNION PACIFIC decals on it. I need to think about how Im going to do the windows, and headlamp.

In 1957 Lionel redesigned their Alco Diesel trains. The Orange 202 was the result. It is lighter weight, and not as detailed as previous models.

"Prior to the 202, all Alcos were produced as an AA combination. The 202 Union Pacific Alco A was the first Alco released by Lionel as a single A unit. As production continued during the postwar era, the single A unit Alco locomotive became the norm as Lionel produced few Alcos as AA units." - "http://postwarlionel.com/"

Some more information on this diesel train can be found here "http://www.tandem-associates.com/"

I would not have altered mine if it was in better shape.

The Texas Special

I Like the looks of these. The Texas Special engines. 
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company (M-K-T or Katy).
The Katy has its beginnings dating back to 1865 when the Union Pacific Railway (later changed to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad in 1870) 

The Texas Special was a passenger train. They named their cars after Texas Heroes. The dinning cars name was Sam Houston. The Pullmen sleepers had names like Crockett, Bowie, Fannin, Travis to name a few. Katy



Back in 1896, when more powerful engines coming onto the scene. Rail Roads had a surplus of steam engines. Most were sold for scrap. William George Crush, passenger agent for Katy, came up with an idea to stage a train crash. About 3 miles South or present day West, Texas they built a side track, and the town of Crush for a one day event. The "Crash and Crush". The event was promoted for months. They set up a grand stand. There was booths and a restaurant. The trains were painted, one with green trim the other with red. What was not supposed to happened did, both train boilers exploded. Train parts flew into the air into the audience. I bet that was a spectacular event.

You can read more about it at Texas Co Op Power
You can also read about it at Texas State Historical Association

One on the end and one in the middle has some broken plastic in the front;

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Union Pacific 202 - Orange Re-Paint 7

I had to pick up some more orange paint. I like this color better. That worked out well.

This is the second coat already. I will let this dry for a day or 2. It has been humid around here. This time, I plan on scoring around the tape to see if I cam make sure I do not peal up paint with it.

I can't wait to see the what the second color looks like when I pull the tape up.

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Lets try this again!

If you read the prior posts, you know I tried painting this once already. Im having a good time messing with it. I guess that is what I like about these model trains.

I stripped most of the paint and sprayed some primer on it. Check out the Stressed post. Looks pretty cool with the different colors. Might come in handy in the future if I ever want something to look worn.

This time I figured I would use gray with the orange to be closer to the Union Pacific color scheme. I sprayed the gray first this time. Im running low on orange paint. I will try and get away without buying any more paint. Found some of that painters tape.

I like that color. Reminds me of a Silver and Red SantaFe or Silver and Blue SantaFe, or Delaware & Hudson. Actually there are a lot of trains that have Silver in them...

Here are a couple other trains. Both of these trains are missing horns. I need to find a place to get some horns. These trains also have windshields and side windows. Im hoping I can make a windshield and side windows for the one Im working on.

Anyone know where to get some horns?

Stressed

Started stripping the paint. Thought I would share these photos. I kind of like the stressed look.

 This is the same train, but the camera on the phone made it look red.

Union Pacific 202 - Orange Paint 5

When deciding to blog or not to blog in the beginning, I decided it would be more of a journey. I was not going to hide my mistakes. This was not the first nor will it be the last. I pretty much knew I would have to start over when the orange paint peeled (you probably knew as well), but I had to take it a step further.

 I should have used a painters tape instead of old masking tape. The masking tape stuck, but it also let some paint bleed under the edges.

The types of paints I used should have been considered more. The orange is actually a high heat paint for engine blocks.  

Definitely not the kind of paint that is best for this type work.

So whats next? Let see if we can get all this paint off and try it again. What else would I do? When you work on things sometimes you have to redo them to get them where you want them to be. Learning is part of the fun for me. Lets get cracking!

Union Pacific 202 - Orange Paint 4

Sanded the problem spots and taped it up.

Spayed some primer on it. Im hoping I don't have to totally strip it and start over. I might be able to convert any problem spots into natural wear looking spots.

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I taped it up for some black paint. It's not the Union Pacific paint colors, but I don't think the original orange was a Union Pacific orange paint color either. Hindsight I would have used some different tape, but that is what I had.

Got the black sprayed on. I have another Marx "Rock Island" train that looks really cool.

I did not want the Black to dry on the tape and peel the black off. I was not thinking that the tape would peel the orange off. Note; that the old orange paint came off the blue plastic shell. I should have used some different kind of tape.

I like the looks of it so far, minus the blue spots. Getting close to the real fun - Hand Painting.

I might try to sand some; rough up and blend in the edges. Spot primer then put the orange on over the places it came off.

Union Pacific 202 - Orange Paint 2

Its been over 24 hours, and the primer had dried. Sprayed some orange on it.

Its still wet, but I may need to bring the tone down some once it dries.

I can't wait to start putting some detail on this train. I will try and stay true to the Union Pacific paint.