Greetings All,
This recent project has me still scratching my head. What was once unthinkable has come to pass. A New York Central locomotive that I painted and lettered has been repainted! What?!! Yup...
One of these NYC H16-44s has been repainted as PC #5159. The NYC owned thirteen Raymond Loewy styled H16-44s numbered 7000-7112. They didn't own any of the later boxy style FM H16-44s, like the below models, that were produced by FM in 1956
The NYC units were painted by me back in 2010 and gave me eleven good years of service. However they have become box dwellers in recent years as their non prototypical lettering, numbers and body style wasn't on par with my more prototypical units 
The unit has been stripped and primed. This phase did not go easily or very well.
For ease of application especially with the number boards I chose road number 5169 for this particular engine. When I researched the 1:1 PC #5169 I found it was included in my prior New Haven H16-44 #1611 blog post. It looks to be a one of kind orange and black unit ex NH #1609. The model has been painted to match.
Dullcote has been applied and some brush work remains to be done to remove the orange overspray and paint the walkways black. The models cab and handrails are separate pieces but they were glued on when I assembled the model back in 2010.
The familiar Kings Port Railway Society VW has shown up at the engine terminal to check out the latest Patti O Paint Shop project.
An almost replication of the PC #5169 photo from Stamford CT in the early 1970s.
The second NYC H16-44 in the top photo is back in its box waiting while I get over the trauma of repainting the first one!
Thanks for reading!!!
See ya soon!!!
Now THAT is very cool! You did a fine job painting the H16-44s as NYC units in 2010 but came back eleven years later to create an interesting and prototypical former NH locomotive! PC #5169 looks great and is well presented in the consist replicating the photo from Stamford in the 1970s!
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DeleteWhat a great job you've done on this model. PC #5169 looks great and is a perfect addition to that consist you now have on the layout. As always, the Patti-O Paint Shop has pushed the bar even higher. Top notch!!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Sir Neal!!!
DeleteJohn, you did a fantastic job with your repaint of #5169! It makes a nice contrast to the usual PC “black dip” paint scheme. You’re a brave soul to repaint a NYC unit. 😉 Quick technical question. I have three Atlas units waiting for paint jobs that have the flexible handrails. I have fretted for years on how to paint them. Do you have a recommended paint you use? Thanks! Looking forward to seeing #5169 running on the layout 👍🚂
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for the compliments ATJOE!!!
DeleteRe; the Atlas handrails I use simple rattle can paint and have had no issues with the paint coming off of them.
Sir John,
ReplyDeleteYou’re most welcome 👍 Thanks for the painting advice, I’ll have to give it a try before the weather shuts down the paint shop for the season 🚂
Good luck on the projects Brian!!! Even if a little paint should peel off the handrails it will look prototypical! Honestly, I have some Atlas units I painted a decade ago and cannot recall any issues with paint peeling from the handrails.
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