Please share custom Lionel 259e engines

Here is mine. Was seriously rusty.

Steve

Marx, but it looks close...

El Classico posted:

Marx, but it looks close...

 

Always liked the way Marx lighted their marker lights.

franktrain

Hey, that's my Marx 898. Here it is today with more customization. Looks even more like a 259E. LOL

Someday I hope to add a real 259 or two to my locomotive roster.

El Classico posted:

Marx, but it looks close...

 

I see lots of customized Marx engines out there.  Some are pretty outrageous with decals and detail.  They are also very affordable and run great. I have the Nickel Plate Road set, and it runs great.  I haven't customized it though, because it was in nice condition.

I guess since I've already been mentioned, I'll have to post now

My 259e

Brian Liesberg posted:

I guess since I've already been mentioned, I'll have to post now

My 259e

Thank you Brian. 

I'll post mine again too.

This one isn't quite a 259, but it shares the shell. 

Added a firebox light, don't ask me where I got it as it came from my junk bin.

Modified the drawbar from a Marx wedge tender to work with the pin from a 258, and it runs (and looks) pretty sweet.

I didn't like how my silver air tanks and piping looked, so I repainted it.  I made the air tanks black to match the frame and painted the rest red to match the boiler.  I used my paint oven this time, and things worked better.  I think my black paint is old though, and not curing well.  The red dried hard as a rock.  The black is still sticky.

George

Are you sure the black paint is enamel paint?

Also, not to be a nit picker or anything, but your driving rods are on upside down.

Brian Liesberg posted:

Are you sure the black paint is enamel paint?

Also, not to be a nit picker or anything, but your driving rods are on upside down.

It's Rustoleum 2x Ultra Cover, but it doesn't actually say 'enamel'.  The red paint is the same brand, but it is much thinner coming out of the can.  If I was mixing it myself, I would say the red had been thinned with more acetone. 

Guess I should have checked the drivers...   Thanks.

I received the parts and finished this red one.

I ordered another, because I want a blue one that I am going to finish like the MTH B&O 400e.  It came with a second engine that I will also restore, but that one is going to go on ebay to cover some of my cost.

George

George S posted:

Brian Liesberg posted:

Are you sure the black paint is enamel paint?

Also, not to be a nit picker or anything, but your driving rods are on upside down.

It's Rustoleum 2x Ultra Cover, but it doesn't actually say 'enamel'.  The red paint is the same brand, but it is much thinner coming out of the can.  If I was mixing it myself, I would say the red had been thinned with more acetone. 

Guess I should have checked the drivers...   Thanks.

How long did you bake the paint for? I usually do 25- 30 minutes.

Brian Liesberg posted:

George S posted:

Brian Liesberg posted:

Are you sure the black paint is enamel paint?

Also, not to be a nit picker or anything, but your driving rods are on upside down.

It's Rustoleum 2x Ultra Cover, but it doesn't actually say 'enamel'.  The red paint is the same brand, but it is much thinner coming out of the can.  If I was mixing it myself, I would say the red had been thinned with more acetone. 

Guess I should have checked the drivers...   Thanks.

How long did you bake the paint for? I usually do 25- 30 minutes.

About a half hour.  I am going to try a new can on the next engines I do.  They are under $4, so no big deal.  I read that there are variations in production runs sometimes.  Maybe this was just a bad batch.

Thanks,

George

259E Black/Copper from Outfit 242E (1934)

259E Gunmetal/Nickel from Outfit 232W (1937)