Hey cool, "snap" I too just scored a great deal on a E8 AB set that need
stripped down.
Looking forward to the replies :)
cheers
pal_houston wrote:
>
> I got a spectacular deal on a pair of N-scale E-8's this past weekend.
>
> Unfortunately, they need to be stripped, painted & decaled for CB&Q,
> which will give me something to do instead of hibernating this winter.
>
> I would appreciate your expert advice concerning the following:
>
> 1. what is the best paint to use to get the burnished aluminum effect
> that E-8's had?
>
> 2. where am I going to get a couple of Micro Scale 60-98 decal sets?
> (The sources I have checked already include, in no particular order: 2
> local hobby shops within a Saturday morning's drive of home, Micro
> Scale, Walthers, Internet Model Trains, Discount Trains On-line, and
> Feather River Trains)
>
> 3. replacing the front & rear couplers on these Life-Like models with
> MTL front pilot couplers MTL #1021 (001-02-021), and rear couplers MTL
> #1129 (001-30-013) as recommended or #1130 (001-30-014) as an
> alternative.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
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