Galax

[NW Modeling List]

David,
Those shots will form a great foundation for your article!  You can talk to
Ken Miller (editor at nwhs.org) or myself (jimdcochran at gmail.com) for article
advice.
Looking forward to seeing/hearing your tale,
Jim

On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 10:42 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sure, I've never published anything like this before. I've been learning
> to paint and weather, and I have to admit I find it very fun. You can turn
> owning a coach into a hobby painting for quite some time.
>
> Who do I talk to about writing it?
>
> Here are a few photos I have on hand. I took some more along the way, or
> have others from some of the others I did. I've done 4 coaches, 1 baggage,
> and now this. Those are fun subjects because they were all treated
> differently, so I get to use different techniques and materials.
>
> Here is a shot of the car half re-assembled.
>
>
>
> Here is the side after I got the stripes on, I went through about 4
> stripes per side with 4 more ruined until I got that ok. I've got a story
> about one side of this thing. It really looks different with the gloss coat
> of paint at this step.
>
>
>
> That last one is how I removed the letters from it. I had to sand the
> raised letters after so I'm not sure I needed to do that.
>
> PS: the Classic Trains special on Pullmans was a real good resource. It
> actually had a picture of the Galax in Florida after a run. It was a little
> cleaner then my version.
>
> David Baker
>
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2024, 6:22 PM NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
>> David,
>> Your story of making this beauty would make a great article for the
>> Arrow.  Would you consider sharing your experience with us?
>> Jim Cochran
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 4:19 PM NW Modeling List <
>> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Did you take pictures of the process?  I would love to see them if you
>>> did.  Walter Davis
>>> On 11/6/2024 1:05 PM, NW Modeling List wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The Galax is set out after a long run. This started life as a green
>>> walthers 12-1.
>>> David Baker
>>>
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