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Chris,
The dark green on the "Kathryn" locomotive is nothing more than carefully
trimmed contact paper used to line kitchen drawers. Because she was
decorated five years ago, the gold pinstriping and lettering was cut and
applied by hand under magnification... 110 separate pieces (Incidentally, I
have 18 years of scale model building experience much of it scratchbuilding
Z scale trains). Today I use an ALPS dye-sublimation printer for nearly all
the decals. However, contact paper is still frequently used when a part
needs to change color because it is made from vinyl which adapts nicely to
compound curves. I am always on the lookout for new materials and have
developed a nice collection of adhesive-backed films color-matched to
standard LEGO colors.
As for tutorials, I think the best thing you can do is go through the R/C
car stickers rack at your local hobby shop. There are a lot of nice
pinstriping kits with letters and numbers that will work on trains. The
lettering on the "Mobil" tank car was done in just this way. So go forth
and be creative!
-BMW
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In lugnet.trains, Christian Holtje writes:
> * Brian Williams (brian_williams@ameritech.net) [010101 11:54]:
> > Chris,
> >
> > Thanks for pulling this old message. To clarify my ground rules...
> >
> > 1. No painting. A lot of the value in a Lego element is compromised if it
> > can't be reused as originally intended. Custom stickers and tape, however,
> > are fair game as they can markedly enhance the appearance yet are easily
> > removed to reuse the original element later.
> >
> > 2. No gluing. Same logic (well, OK I did it once in Winterthur but that was
> > a long time ago)
> >
> > 3. Some minor cutting. Sometimes for the greater good a few eggs have to be
> > broken. But only if the resulting omlett is worth it, and they are average
> > eggs. I.E., rarely and and only on common elements.
>
> Would you do me the favor and explain how you did the coloring of
> the engine? I have never seen that color.
>
> I would *love* to see some tutorials for how you have done stuff.
> Or pointers to the techniques if they are from traditional model
> railroading.
>
> Thanks, and they are amazing...I have to get up to Chi-Town just to
> see these in person!
>
> Ciao!
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