WHY ??????? Possibly the ugliest engine I've ever seen and I own it.

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

samdjr74 posted:

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

 

Ya, then I'd have to get or make a set of chrome passenger cars. 😁

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

 

Ya, then I'd have to get or make a set of chrome passenger cars. 😁

You could just get a reproduction American Flyer Mayflower passenger set

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

 

Ya, then I'd have to get or make a set of chrome passenger cars. 😁

Exactly!

Mason Rascona posted:

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

 

Ya, then I'd have to get or make a set of chrome passenger cars. 😁

You could just get a reproduction American Flyer Mayflower passenger set

True, but this would be one if a kind, and lets face it, chrome = cool 😎

samdjr74 posted:

Mason Rascona posted:

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

 

Ya, then I'd have to get or make a set of chrome passenger cars. 😁

You could just get a reproduction American Flyer Mayflower passenger set

True, but this would be one if a kind, and lets face it, chrome = cool 😎

Listening to you guys, this cheap buy could become very expensive!!!😅

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

Mason Rascona posted:

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

 

Ya, then I'd have to get or make a set of chrome passenger cars. 😁

You could just get a reproduction American Flyer Mayflower passenger set

True, but this would be one if a kind, and lets face it, chrome = cool 😎

Listening to you guys, this cheap buy could become very expensive!!!😅

Who ever said this hobby was cheap? Hahahahah

Mason Rascona posted:

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

Mason Rascona posted:

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

 

Ya, then I'd have to get or make a set of chrome passenger cars. 😁

You could just get a reproduction American Flyer Mayflower passenger set

True, but this would be one if a kind, and lets face it, chrome = cool 😎

Listening to you guys, this cheap buy could become very expensive!!!😅

Who ever said this hobby was cheap? Hahahahah

Cheaper than all the red things in that shop picture. Very nice.

It's been awhile but I finally finished the ugliest engine ever project.  The big hang-up was trying to decide on the color combo.  I finally decided to match a set of passenger cars I already had.  They are the Lionel orange 400 series cars.  You can see these cars in a video being pulled by the original, repainted (and I use the term loosely) ugly 318e engine, earlier in this story.  I used Rust-oleum Real Orange.  The color match is almost perfect.   

Then I started to think of the JAD Hiawatha set I have.  I took it out and and looked at the maroon stripes and decided to paint the chassis as close as I could to that color.  The orange is not as close, but better than shows in the pictures.  I now have an extra engine to pull the JAD passenger cars.

People ask me why I spend so much time saving things like this.  My only response is "Someone has to save it".  I'm going to add that to my signature.  Thanks for all your suggestions and it's on to the next project.

beautiful job!

Seal Beach Bill posted:

It's been awhile but I finally finished the ugliest engine ever project.  The big hang-up was trying to decide on the color combo.  I finally decided to match a set of passenger cars I already had.  They are the Lionel orange 400 series cars.  You can see these cars in a video being pulled by the original, repainted (and I use the term loosely) ugly 318e engine, earlier in this story.  I used Rust-oleum Real Orange.  The color match is almost perfect.   

Then I started to think of the JAD Hiawatha set I have.  I took it out and and looked at the maroon stripes and decided to paint the chassis as close as I could to that color.  The orange is not as close, but better than shows in the pictures.  I now have an extra engine to pull the JAD passenger cars.

People ask me why I spend so much time saving things like this.  My only response is "Someone has to save it".  I'm going to add that to my signature.  Thanks for all your suggestions and it's on to the next project.

You'll have to bring it over for a test run.

Steve

Very nice. It's not really that ugly

You did a good deed.

samdjr74 posted:

Mason Rascona posted:

Seal Beach Bill posted:

samdjr74 posted:

You can really go funky and have it chrome plated

 

Ya, then I'd have to get or make a set of chrome passenger cars. 😁

You could just get a reproduction American Flyer Mayflower passenger set

True, but this would be one if a kind, and lets face it, chrome = cool 😎

But this loco may look like a retro teapot in chrome.

WHY?.....I bet it matches the Camaro out back.

...except for the primered quater panel where he was short on paint because of this test spray.  

And I still have to say this was the ugliest. Glossy chocolate brown and silver.

So ugly I cut it in half

Wow - that’s neat.  I just read the whole thread.  I think the original color was another interpretation of the now infamous color Cerulean Blue.  I like yours better.  Beautiful job!

Looks great!

Perfect paint scheme too, I think the 381e is modeled after the Milwaukee bipolar locomotives.

Seal Beach Bill posted:

It's been awhile but I finally finished the ugliest engine ever project.  The big hang-up was trying to decide on the color combo.  I finally decided to match a set of passenger cars I already had.  They are the Lionel orange 400 series cars.  You can see these cars in a video being pulled by the original, repainted (and I use the term loosely) ugly 318e engine, earlier in this story.  I used Rust-oleum Real Orange.  The color match is almost perfect.   

Then I started to think of the JAD Hiawatha set I have.  I took it out and and looked at the maroon stripes and decided to paint the chassis as close as I could to that color.  The orange is not as close, but better than shows in the pictures.  I now have an extra engine to pull the JAD passenger cars.

People ask me why I spend so much time saving things like this.  My only response is "Someone has to save it".  I'm going to add that to my signature.  Thanks for all your suggestions and it's on to the next project.

a wonderful job,,kuddo's,and you saved the loco,which is better ,I did a #9 in blue comet colors,,,so I know what that process of color is,,,,thinking bout another #9 project ,,,as your saying goes,,,some has to save it,,,,,,again,,,,bravo !!!

Hmm... might paint my 10E that color Orange...

Nothing ugly about that locomotive, my friend.  It hasn't looked that good since it left the factory, and probably even better, now.

Bill, You did a fantastic job on that engine!  It looks great!  

I have a K-Line MP-16 that someone decided to doctor up by brush painting.  I actually bought it by mistake, and the guy had no apologies for it, so I decided to drop it and keep it for a repaint someday.

Thank you for all the nice comments.

Here is a little something i came up with while doing this project.  I live at the beach and am dealing with wind and sand dust when painting and drying.  Instead of building a spray booth or oven to bake in, I took an old, clear plastic tub turned it upside down, lined the inside of the lid with paper.  I sprayed the project then immediatly placed the tub on top and snapped the handles closed.

I then had a safe container to move it.  I placed it in the sun and let it bake.  It did get quite warm/hot.  I baked it for a few days and let it set for a week.  The paint became hard enough to polish with compounds.

It worked really well for me but you do need sun.

Here's what it looked like.

Seal Beach Bill posted:

Thank you for all the nice comments.

Here is a little something i came up with while doing this project.  I live at the beach and am dealing with wind and sand dust when painting and drying.  Instead of building a spray booth or oven to bake in, I took an old, clear plastic tub turned it upside down, lined the inside of the lid with paper.  I sprayed the project then immediatly placed the tub on top and snapped the handles closed.

I then had a safe container to move it.  I placed it in the sun and let it bake.  It did get quite warm/hot.  I baked it for a few days and let it set for a week.  The paint became hard enough to polish with compounds.

It worked really well for me but you do need sun.

Here's what it looked like.

 

what a super idea,,thanks for sharing !!

Seal Beach Bill posted:

Thank you for all the nice comments.

Here is a little something i came up with while doing this project.  I live at the beach and am dealing with wind and sand dust when painting and drying.  Instead of building a spray booth or oven to bake in, I took an old, clear plastic tub turned it upside down, lined the inside of the lid with paper.  I sprayed the project then immediatly placed the tub on top and snapped the handles closed.

I then had a safe container to move it.  I placed it in the sun and let it bake.  It did get quite warm/hot.  I baked it for a few days and let it set for a week.  The paint became hard enough to polish with compounds.

It worked really well for me but you do need sun.

Here's what it looked like.

 

Nice job!

I find that dust and overspray are the hardest things to control when spray painting. I now paint my items in a paint booth I made from a large cardboard box. I immediately dry in a light bulb oven for at least an hour until the paint is less tacky. I then move the items inside to dry for a few days. Some paints dry much more quickly than others even in the same brand of rattle can.

George

Bill and George,

Both great ideas!  Necessity is the mother of invention for sure!!