Snow in the high desert is very much a thing.

@InterurbanEra

8 ай бұрын

I believe it! With the huge swing in temperatures between day/night and also seasonal. I'd be curious if it snows heavily enough to require plows around the Sonoran desert near Puerto Peñasco / Mexicali

Super. 💙 T.E.N.

This unit really looks unique. The spark arrestors and roof mounted number boards give it a distinct feel. I use green Frogtape for larger masking, and Tamia for fine lines. Hope this helps. Thanks for all the tips on developing a realistic period paint scheme!

I am a big fan of your modeling. Ive been slowly developing my own free lanced RR as well and your ALTA-CALIFORNIA has been a huge inspiration! As for model masking, spray a coat of clear before masking, that way if anything gets lifted is most likely the clear coat to take most of the damage.

@InterurbanEra

8 ай бұрын

VERY good idea! I've heard about the clearcoat idea, and I've been keen to try it. I'll definitely do it on the next two units after the C625. (Those will be two more Citrus painted units, an RS-32 and an RSC-3). Tell me more about your freelanced road?

I recommend Tamiya masking tape. It always gives you perfect lines and everything. There are even flexible versions of Tamiya tape that allow you to paint on corners or complex patterns.

Tamiya masking tape is what I use. It usually doesnt pull off paint underneath it.

I’ll put my vote in for Tamiya masking tape. I did a Nickel Plate Road PA project in N scale several years ago, and I couldn’t have had good, clean, crisp curved lines without it. Highly recommended! I enjoy your videos here, please keep us in the loop of your work!!!

I haven't kit bashed in a very long time

Tamiya by a long shot, sticky enough to not go anywhere. Loose enough it doesn't leave a residue. Also makes good weathered road lines by itself.

EMD FTs were designed to operate as permanently-coupled AB pairs. A single A unit cannot function without its mating B unit, since it had the staring batteries and a small steam generator. No railroad ever operated these alone.

@InterurbanEra

8 ай бұрын

This is a myth. While I agree with you on "As Delivered" they had their batteries in the B unit, both the ATSF and Southern rebuilt theirs to run as single units with couplers in place of drawbars as well. Here's an ex-SOU example running solo on a Georgia shortline: www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3946412

Great video! New sub here. I love kitbashed and detailed locomotives. BTW, my favorite masking tape is Tamiya for fine spots and plain blue tape for the rest.

@InterurbanEra

2 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one. Stay tuned for a variety of other new kitbashed diesels and steam locomotives in the near future.

6:14 This is why I never use Tru-Color paint. The colors are often inaccurate and the stuff flakes like heck, as you found out... Even Tamiya masking tape will pull it. I would recommend Badger paints, Vallejo, and Army Painter. I also normally put a Vallejo matt spray over the top to seal all my paint so it doesn't chip in future.

Nice I love how you can take a model train and make it more realistic I tried it but it didn’t come anywhere close to yours

you gotta use that green "frog tape", Blue painter's tape just doesn't cut it anymore

Whatever you do, DO NOT use frog tape. It’s basically masking tape backing with duct tape adhesive

Great video! Lots of great advice for creating a freelance livery. I’ll definitely keep these in mind when designing my own! Also, I think the video description is missing the link to the paint PDF you mention at around 1:27. And maybe you should also include links to the two websites at 2:19 as well for convenience?

@InterurbanEra

8 ай бұрын

here's the link, and I'll add it to the description now as well! www.railfonts.com/Reference/paint_cross.pdf

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I like slta California desert rail road history

Always an absolute inspiration!

Wonderful looking result, just as with your previous projects! My only question regards the chipped areas on the nose: Would there really have been another coat of paint underneath the orange in the cab section on a real locomotive, or would you have met some form of primer or bare metal instead? The way you have it now suggests to me that the whole unit was first painted cream, just to then have much of it painted over in orange. That feels a little excessive to me, but I'm in no means educated on the painting process these locomotives would have gone through. I love your livery designs and in-depth approach though. Especially the newer scheme ("olympic", I think you called it) with the purple accents is really striking and unique, without seeming cartoonish or outlandish. I think that livery might look good on a Turbo-Train ;) I'm looking forward to seeing the fleet grow!

@InterurbanEra

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I suspect they might have shot the pale yellow over the entire unit before following up with other colors as a base coat, but I'd be curious to know what the standard technique was circa 1946 when these were painted.

Frog tape i use krylon paints when i change the paint scheme on my locomotives

I've had my own issues with blue painter's tape. Local hobby shop recommended Tamiya tape. Bought some but haven't had a chance to use it yet

Stumbled across your video and I love it the attention to detail and backstories that you give each and every locomotive. I also like the mixture of rolling stock such as more modern boxcars and boxcars modified without the running boards (roof walks). Makes for a nice mixture of equipment. Your paint designs are incredible! I’m trying to work on something for my own fictional railroad but having little to no success. I especially like the Alta with the “bone” (zebra) striping. Reminds me a lot of the Wet Noodle Era diesels and rolling stock on the CN. On another note, will you be thinking about creating a B unit to accompany your A unit? There was a former Northern Pacific A-B set of FT diesels that went to Mexico. The FT A unit is in a museum. I think the old B unit still sits in a railyard rusting away. Just something for your railroad to perhaps add to its growing fleet.

@InterurbanEra

4 ай бұрын

1968 is one of those important transition years where composite (wood+steel) freight cars were in their last couple of years, postwar steel equipment began getting weathered/ roofwalks removed and hy-cube equipment debuted. It's a very cool era to model. I'll definitely be building more than on B unit for the FT. I've got a pair of Intermountain FT's that'll be the next units painted up. If you want to brainstorm on paint schemes, LMK. What region/era is your fictional line?

@alexanderpoirier3350

4 ай бұрын

@@InterurbanEra The line is completely fictional as is the land and industries it serves. It is dubbed ‘The Eeriee Railway’ serving the land known as Eeriee. Other railroads include the Grand Trunk Eeriee, the Boo Line, the Haintsylvania, Lycan Lines, etc. (Halloween inspired). Equipment differs and I mean DIFFERS. From burbling semi-modern diesels to ancient steam engines, streamlined passenger trains to farther-than-the-eye-can-see freight trains, powerful steam engines to enormous electrics. Everything is set in sort of the transitional period as you mentioned but the timeline is quite modern (our current period), with ancient wooden freight cars next to gleaming graffiti covered grain cars, from long flatcars with intermodal containers to open-topped autoracks, boxcars of every shape, size and colour, with and without roofwalks. See this video and the freight train in the first bit is what I mean. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hYx8zsWxecypeso.html My railroad has its own emblem if that helps. (I tried going for something Frisco inspired but ended with up a mixture of FRISCO and Bangor & Aroostook).

@InterurbanEra

4 ай бұрын

@@alexanderpoirier3350 sounds downright spooktacular! That's really fun. It'll also be an enjoyable concept to build upon as well.

Great video! It makes me want to build another FT! Mine is different then yours though and it's called an FTR or (Rebuilt) I used a Stewart FT for my unit.

Did Mexico require Kartrak on their systems? I’d love to see some kartrak tags on your stock, it really sells the time period and is one of those little historic details. Been really fascinated and inspired by your layout, keep up the great work.

@InterurbanEra

6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad it's been and remains and inspiration! I've been working on some great stuff this month I can't wait to share. As for Kar-Trak it was just beginning to be implemented in 1967/68 and a few of my newest cars have them installed. I also might add them to freshly delivered/outshopped equipment as well, so stay tuned.

@Mas4449

6 ай бұрын

@@InterurbanEra very cool! I’m definitely looking forward to seeing more

Ease up on the music it was to loud and over powered your comentary. Appreciate your talents and the amount of research you put into the project.

Ok I'm following, but I'm confused...Which war? Assuming you're talking about the 1940's you got two, the Second World War, and Korea.

@hjmiller2689

8 ай бұрын

I’d say WW2 because most of not all resources were poured into it, but the Korean Conflict had less because it was a one front fight due to most of everything in the pacific theater being used rather than the Atlantic. Although it could be both because of some production materials being necessary as it is somewhat of a west coast railroad

@InterurbanEra

8 ай бұрын

WWII for sure. The units were ordered in 1939. "THE war" is also a colloquial slang for WWII. No other conflict during the mid century came close to being as important.

You going to make a B-unit

@InterurbanEra

2 ай бұрын

More than one. I already have an A-B pair of intermountain FT's ready for kitbashing.

Great work but can't understand a word you're saying with the too loud and bombastic music at the same time.

@InterurbanEra

8 ай бұрын

Duly noted, future videos will be remixed with lower music

@ArcadiaJunctionModelTrains

8 ай бұрын

love the kitbash though @@InterurbanEra

@jhcnc4404

8 ай бұрын

@@InterurbanEraI thought the music was good and didn't have trouble understanding....never heard cool jazz described as bombastic before? Maybe there was John Phillip Sousa edit of this video that I missed. Anyway, great video, the attention to design language and design trends of the era is fascinating. Thanks!