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Painting the GN W-1 B-D-D-B 101' long electric.
Putting the very thin masking tape on isn't much fun for the yellow stripping.
Initially, I was going to use chart tape but it's too thick, won't bend around tight corners and gets gummy when heated to 200 degrees to bake the paint on. Decals were not an option as not likely to match the curves and wouldn't be as durable as paint.
Yellow is a terrible color for coverage so it went on first.
GN had two greens (3 if you count the green on heavy weight passenger cars): one great northern green for steam boilers and the empire builders green for diesels and electrics.
The masking for the yellow stripe was left on until the orange and then green was applied.  There were a few spots where the green over spray managed to get on the orange but easy to clean off, before baking, with a little water and a toothpick to rub the green off the already baked orange.
Running gear was black.
Easy disassembly for this model.
The worst is over, just decals and dull coating left.
The shell just fits into my toaster oven tray.
Sam
 
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