Awesome Steve
I was hoping you would get back to this project. Looks really great.
Well finally got to paint the shells. Did a test stripe on a scrap left over piece to see if it would work the way I thought.
Sprayed the gold where the stripes go then masked off the stripes with auto pin striping.
Shot the green after it dried and pulled the tape off. I need to touch up a few spots that pulled off with the tape
but all and all I'm happy with the results especially since I never tried to paint stripes before.
After the paint cures I'll add the CNJ decals.
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Sweet! Nice work!
Chris
LVHR
@Hot Water posted:Good choice, in my opinion. That is the styling I remember while growing up in Cranford, NJ during the early 1940s through the mid 1950s.
@CNJ Jim posted:Also 60's and 70's .... in Linden.
Anyway, really great job .... on a very cool engine!
Born and raised in Elizabeth. I remember those engines and paint schemes well.
My grandfather worked for JCL at the Trumball Street yard down by the old Singer plant and I spent a lot of time there.
That's me in the cab of that switcher, sometime around 1965. My grandpop on the bottom step. I think I might have an old picture of one of those Baby Face engines I will have to look.
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Awesome Steve!
Looks great Steve, the seams of your grafts are invisible. Brings back great memories of seeing the real thing.
Is there a cooler train logo than the JCL torch !
Very cool, Steve! Really nice project!
Nice job Steve, however, I remember the Babyfaces painted with "Dulux Gold" paint stripes not gold stripes. The "Dulux Gold" was a non-metallic creamy yellow. All of the green CNJ diesels with stripes were painted that way.
Look at those! They came out awesome! Can't wait to see them with all the windshields/weathering and such. Really nice work Steve!
I hope that the popularity of this thread awakens Mike Wolfe and others to the potential demand for Babyface Baldwins!
Incredible! Nice work, Steve!
Steve:
Fantastic job!
Rapid Transit Holmes: UP, NYC and MP had these diesels in addition to CNJ. These versions could be made: NYC - Lightening Stripes, Cigar Band (fantasy) UP- standard yellow, MP-grey/blue, solid blue buzz saw (fantasy), CNJ-orange/blue, green/yellow stripes ala Steve C, solid green w/yellow logo and fantasy PRR-5 pinstripes, single stripe, Baldwin Demo in blue ala centipede.
That's 11 paint schemes without even trying! I am in for all 3 CNJ versions!
Again, great job Steve.
Walter/RMT
I missed the start of this thread, but that may be understandable since it started April 29, 2018.
Remarkable project in so many respects. Congratulations.
Beautiful work Steve !
Alex
Wow, looks great! Awesome work Steve. Can't wait to see them fully finished up.
You are a real modeler, Steve. I tip my hat to you.
@G-Man24 posted:Looks great Steve, the seams of your grafts are invisible. Brings back great memories of seeing the real thing.
Is there a cooler train logo than the JCL torch !
"... choosing for its emblem, the lady with the torch." (CNJ publicity film, The Big Little Railroad)
@corsair29 posted:OK so I couldn't wait. Still need the grab irons, windshield, #boards and some light weathering.
No heavy weathering? 
Cosair,
I think it looks great!, you do outstanding work, a unique piece for your railroad.
Jeff
Nice! The hand rails and horns really set it off!
Chris
LVHR
Wow that came out great !
Alex
Nicely done!! 
@D500 posted:
A friend and I bought 2 MTH Centipede shells with the GM&O A-1-A versions in mind (on a PA or similarly-trucked chassis), but I can't quite get past the improper cab shape - the Centipede's cab is quite tapered, and the other B'Face's cabs are not.
Not that I don't like your work - you're my kinda O-scaler.
Good job; looking forward to the finished product.
Oh - is the mug of coffee in photo #1 part of your modeling Zen?
So, do you want a stretched Babyface similar to this?
@BetaNuSigmaPhi posted:So, do you want a stretched Babyface similar to this?
YES !!!
@corsair29 posted:YES !!!
The closest motorization for the stretched Babyface bodyshell could be the MTH DL-109 frame with the powered trucks. Even if it is 1" too short, it is still the best choice to make a powerded unit. The GM&O version is a project for next year in the same manner as I designed and 3D-printed the short CNJ A-unit last year.
Steve,
What type of glue or epoxy did you use to bond the four shell pieces together. This engine is absolutely gorgeous. Hopefully one day 3rd Rail may decided to do a locomotive like this.
I just used a. CA like crazy glue.
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