Just a little work.
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Great job! Thanks for sharing your outcome.
Galy posted:
Just a little work.
Is this the ebay kit?
Art
Art posted:Galy posted:
Is this the ebay kit?
Art
No. Believe it or not the brass bands are there, but they painted them grey for some reason. The domes & bell I removed, masked and painted them gold.
Pat
Nice job! I'd send the pics to Lionel as the way the loco was supposed to arrive.
Again, good job!
Looks nice! Now, for a bigger challenge, try fixing the yellow text and striping that's supposed to be gold....
Well that looks fantastic now. Great job.
Would you please share the paint color that you used? Air brush? Spray can?
Doesn't Lionel have a paint shop in NC or VA? I feel like they should offer the 'upgrade' paint service on all of these sets.
JD
Hopefully this weekend I will be picking up my set and I will do the above Modifications to match the original 5-star general set I have
Congratulations!! It looks much better!!
JD2035RR posted:Well that looks fantastic now. Great job.
Would you please share the paint color that you used? Air brush? Spray can?
Doesn't Lionel have a paint shop in NC or VA? I feel like they should offer the 'upgrade' paint service on all of these sets.
JD
Krylon gold metallic spray can on the domes & bell. On the brass bands, Just remove the grey paint.
Pat
I can't figure out putting brass bands on the locomotive and then making them "disappear" by painting them gray.
GregR posted:Looks nice! Now, for a bigger challenge, try fixing the yellow text and striping that's supposed to be gold....
You think thats hard? Try molding GENERAL on the boiler side plates which was also removed.
PGentieu posted:I can't figure out putting brass bands on the locomotive and then making them "disappear" by painting them gray.
Anybody else think this was an unintentional mistake and not meant to go out that way?
Train Nut posted:PGentieu posted:I can't figure out putting brass bands on the locomotive and then making them "disappear" by painting them gray.
Anybody else think this was an unintentional mistake and not meant to go out that way?
Yes, I am suspicious that is the case.
As I looked at the pics it occurred to me maybe it was intentional. Could the body be swapped with the original, assuming you had a nice chassis? I don't know if the model number is still stamped inside the body so you could tell. Don't know if the increased value of the original set would offset the cost of buying the new set though. OTOH, as we have seen lately, it's more likely that they went cheap again to save a few pennies.
The original '59 boiler is a darker grey with an E unit slot and the word GENERAL molded on each side.
GALY, how does it run and sound? Any videos? Looks pretty sharp now.
JD2035RR posted:GALY, how does it run and sound? Any videos? Looks pretty sharp now.
It runs great. The sound is loud and clear. I recommend using your phone with the bluetooth app instead of the included remote. There are far more features on the app such as changing the pitch of the whistle and bell and adjusting the volume on each sound which cannot be done with the included remote.
Pat
PS Its also a good smoker.
Heck, my original is a good smoker too!
Galy posted:JD2035RR posted:GALY, how does it run and sound? Any videos? Looks pretty sharp now.
It runs great. The sound is loud and clear. I recommend using your phone with the bluetooth app instead of the included remote. There are far more features on the app such as changing the pitch of the whistle and bell and adjusting the volume on each sound which cannot be done with the included remote.
Pat
PS Its also a good smoker.
Pat, I am glad to see it works great with the Bluetooth app! I look forward to trying it out on a future engine!!
