Chessie, the "Scrappy Cat " goes out to check the rails. When Chessie was new, about a month ago, the handrail on the right side of the hood was mismounted. An attempt to repair it made things worse! A drop of super glue applied using a toothpick ran down the side and made a mess. Another attempt to correct this caused even more problems. The only recourse was to weather the locomotive. I used magic marker and rubbing alcohol to stain the paint. This got even more disastrous. A white haze developed causing me to think I had stripped the paint from the shell. I used mineral oil to buff it out and the color came back and it didn't look that bad! After two more weatherings it ended up looking like this. Chessie is an old lady but she still has some get up and go!
Very neat shots of the train!
Thanks. I have my phone in one hand and the throttle in the other and using my body as a tripod.
Chessie, the "Scrappy Cat " goes out to check the rails. When Chessie was new, about a month ago, the handrail on the right side of the hood was mismounted. An attempt to repair it made things worse! A drop of super glue applied using a toothpick ran down the side and made a mess. Another attempt to correct this caused even more problems. The only recourse was to weather the locomotive. I used magic marker and rubbing alcohol to stain the paint. This got even more disastrous. A white haze developed causing me to think I had stripped the paint from the shell. I used mineral oil to buff it out and the color came back and it didn't look that bad! After two more weatherings it ended up looking like this. Chessie is an old lady but she still has some get up and go!