Greetings All,
At the end of 2020 I took stock of my caboose fleet and identified several that spent most of their time in the box. Wanting to save some money and add some Erie Lackawanna cabooses to my son's EL fleet I decided to strip and paint some of the cabooses that have been resting comfortably in their boxes for several years.
An Erie Lackawanna Caboose Decal Set from K-4 Decals got the project started. An Athearn New Haven bay window caboose and a Mantua New York Central NE caboose will be the first donors for the project.
Erie Lackawanna caboose C309 is fresh out of the shop. The prototype wore this lettering in the early 1960s and can be seen in this 1962 photo.
The C309 brings up the markers on a coal train heading thru Empire City.
The C-224 rolls into Terminal Yard coupled to an EL transfer from their 27th Street Yard.
The newly painted EL cabooses join this Bachmann wide vision C-363 caboose. This caboose has been upgraded with metal wheels, Kadee mounted couplers and clear window"glass". The 1:1 C-363 however is a bay window caboose.
All in all I think the two newly painted cabooses look OK. Working with the decal sheet was extremely tough as the lettering was extremely hard to discern for cutting and placement on the models.
Originally I planned to paint and letter four surplus cabooses for the EL. As of now I've suspended the project at two cabooses. This short video has a pair of EL trains with one of the new cabooses.
Thanks for reading!!!
See ya soon!!!
As always, the Patti-O Paint shop and crew have outdone themselves again! The caboose (cabeese?) came out great. Nice way to cover the extra window. The 'trains on parade' was a nice touch at the end, especially the EL coal train! That I liked a lot. I see the new CSX LE engine is getting a good workout.
ReplyDeleteNice job Sir John!!
Thanks Sir Neal!!! I too enjoyed the look of that EL Coal Train. The F7A-F7B-GP7-F7A performed very well. The CSX LE engine has been keeping order on the layout during these hectic times of random trains running!
DeleteYour cabeese look great, very sharp! To me, the hue of red paint used looks just right.
ReplyDeleteThank you Robert!!! Good eye! When I was purchasing the rattle can paint the Rustoleum Gloss Colonial Red jumped out as being very close to the 1:1 color.
DeleteTerrific work on the EL cabooses with the filling in of windows, painting, and application of decals! I like the electric bolt logo indicating the caboose is radio equipped! Nice "random trains" as always!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Ralph!!! The electric bolt is eye catching and I was happy to have the two cabooses for those decals. Glad you enjoyed the random trains!
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