Repainting The Locomotive Of My Dreams! (HCW

[@nathanieldaiken1064]

Harrison, you are inspiring me to get back in the hobby and do my own repairs!

[@aidentodd7497]

hey man i just wanted to say you make me happy when i'm sad or mad and i just wanted to say keep up the good work!

[@SMTMainline]

That means a lot, thank you very much!

[@henryandhistrains9849]

@@SMTMainline agreed👍

[@timwright3592]

I really enjoy your 'No Fear' attitude about ripping into something to fix it! Great fun to watch you work!

[@modelrailroader5619]

It’s always nice when a big project comes to fruition. Congrats on getting ‘your’ train running. You did a great job!

[@zendoargos4988]

It's cool that you were able to put together all of the pieces for that specific train. Great job.

[@kentpool7414]

I very much like how slow it is able to go. Much closer to realistic speeds. Good job.

[@nileswilson577]

Those were the best shots of your layout that we have gotten to see we all see the backs of the buildings but we hardly ever see the fronts. You should be commended for your photography and getting that beautiful train back on the track again. 🦁

[@seeleymainline8293]

Hey SMT you did an amazing job and I’m so happy that you were able to finish your childhood train finished

[@andrewferguson5653]

Great work, SMT! Its running much better.

[@garysprandel1817]

Well done Harrison. Doing a little paint job archeology I see. Atlas in the 80s early 90s had some paint they used that just would not come off no matter how many tricks I used on a C&O RSD 4/5 . It took off the graphics but didn't touch the blue so some light gray primer got her ready for the Chicago & Northwestern yellow to come.

[@mercuryoak2]

GREAT job on this locomotive it shows dedicated work. Just love the fact you rebuilt it and painted to match the real one and have plans for dcc too . Very Nice

[@abethpezarkar9946]

Good work.. Looks superb.

[@bbtrainproductions1225]

it looks amzing!!!

[@paulbervid1610]

Engine is awsome, nice work.

[@blagojakonjikovac4191]

Fantastičan potez sa dizel lokomotivom. Lepo si je uklopio sa vagonima. Hvala za video. Pozdrav iz Srbije Evropa

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Nice job man the repaint went well good thing you mannaged to get the loco running well with all the modifications you did with the chassis. the deisel looks great coulped up with the steam locomotive.

[@4everdc302]

Happy to see ya got together what you were striving for.Mint effort. 🚂🚃🚃🇨🇦

[@phillipwerner3476]

Hi man. Hey I wanted to give you a tip on removing paint. I have always used brake fluid. Just submerge whatever you want to strip for like over night. The paint will just peel off in layers. No scrubbing. Then wash as usual before you paint.

[@balakishakis6614]

Bleeding paint is pesky. But my science teacher talked about building wooden ships in a bottle. And he said he'd prevent bleeding by spraying the already applied color over the tape before applying the second color. I take his word for it since he knows chemistry. It makes sense if you think about it, let the same color bleed through so the other color doesn't.

[@garysprandel1817]

Sounds like spraying the masked color would still bleed but since it's the same color it doesn't matter but by doing that it seals any leak spots in your masking.

[@balakishakis6614]

@@garysprandel1817 exactly. That or clear coating

[@rwheatley0206]

Good job. Looks pretty nice.

[@tammylovescats]

Nice Job with your paint job.

[@jdjricerice1654]

It’s a shame the Wakefield train will never run the line again. It’s even more sad passing by the station and seeing the coaches or what’s left of them. You brought back a good memory of a great train. I have video of the steam engine getting ready to leave the station. Also at the turntable in Wakefield. I’ll see if I can find n post it for you

[@NorthCountryTrains]

Awesome repaint! I can’t wait to start custom painting locos and cars.

[@SMTMainline]

Thanks

[@scottledbetter7212]

Beautiful ! You always do a great job with restorations and upgrades

[@seanspennywisemiserrr]

Wonderful job Harrison 👏

[@kylestevens6925]

Very cool man, I’m normally not into foreign trains, but this set looks really beautiful. Thank you sir for sharing this. Nice work and keep it up.

[@maltnz]

To touch up small bleeds at the top of grooves .. get the plastic top off a sipper bottle of water (the pull out to drink and push in to seal type). Hold it at a slight angle and spray the original colour (from very close range) into the top in the direction of the angle till you get a small pool of paint.. You can use a fine paint paint brush over the bleeds..

[@DAFIOX]

Your projects are the best! I love it when you brings us Uniques locomotives projects 💯

[@arrow1414]

On an excursion railroad like that the steam locomotive would usually go first since it would be the main attraction, so the order of your consist is correct. Nice paint job!

[@ChristopherBrown-mq1lg]

Nice job looks great 👍

[@ferrovocho28]

Really nice train!

[@erikthepirate8068]

Nice trains you have.

[@teddawg327]

Nice work

[@rickym.3416]

Nice job! I see few new things on the layout there! Looks nice!

[@busterulmer7092]

As an alternate way of stripping paint from your method and the brake fluid method, try rubbing alcohol (91% preferred or 70%). Get a plastic tub large enough to hold your shell with a lid. Fill the tub to just fully submerge the shell and wait about an hour. Take a old fashioned medium toothbrush and begin scrubbing. If it’s not coming off as well as needed, leave it soaking overnight. Once it starts coming off continue with the tooth brush and then switch to wooden cuticle sticks (drug store - ladies nail polish section) you can sand them down to thin or thick points as they wear down. You might want to locate some old dental picks to probe those pesky panel cut lines and lovers, be gentle, a slip will scratch it. I use two tub, one for the soak & scrub, then the 2nd one for final rinse. Decant the soak solution after the old paint settles to the bottom and add more fresh alcohol to top it off. Much safer on your hands and skin than the more caustic chemicals, but it is flammable (so are the others). Keep the lids on the tubs to stop evaporation. I use this method on 1/32nd scale slot cars that I want to repaint. Also note that some paints may resist the alcohol and you have to resort to your old methods.

[@iangerahty3422]

Already a great achievement I look forward to further refinements and developments. When you are ready to move onto airbrushing I would recommend to you the Boomer Diorama channel. I know I’ve seen a documentary on TV or KZbin of the prototype about a year ago. I’ll pass on the link if I can track it down. Keep up the good work young fella. It

[@hondachopper6978]

Yeah, Boomers good. He was in the model making profession for quite a while.

[@Bubs031]

Nicely done on your complete consist Harrison the numbers for the HCW diesel when you posted the photo of it the numbers looked like CN decal road numbers from micro scale that would be your best chance right there

[@crsrdash-840b5]

With DCC installed you can adjust CV2 to increase or decrease voltage to the motor to balance out performance to speed match with other engines.

[@rrrailservicehoscalemodelr4734]

Looks great

[@davidstrainsandlego]

That turned out great

[@Skyfire_The_Goth]

Next time you want to do some body modifications to rolling stock try bondo or some other auto body filler, it's much lighter than plaster and dries harder. I used clay at first to fill holes for lights that shouldn't be there, or windows that shouldn't be there or were the wrong shape on some of my locos and rolling stock, which is good but not as tough or hard as bondo. I started using bondo after I used it to fill the dents in a car I bought, working with it made me realize it was harder and lighter than the clay I was using.

[@antonbruce1241]

And I thought I'd mention this in passing...those missing sections of track? That wouldn't be difficult to replace with cut sections of Atlas flex-track. Unless you plan on laying new rail yourself...THAT my friend is a process!

[@upperwarlord7744]

I will say I build models and one the best things I got was a airbrush kit if you really enjoy painted it's worth it to get, I got a few F7s I'm repainting in the blue and yellow Santa Fe paint scheme and my Fairbanks morse c liners in the red bonnet paint scheme plus all the random rolling stock and cabooses I'm working on it really comes in handy.

[@themadcoachman]

Great paint job , especially as you used rattle cans

[@acrranscaleandlifejourney4330]

Just a great job SMT! So what’s next for dream trains?

[@Stanf954]

A worthwhile investment is a 2 stage airbrush.

[@ciaranburke3243]

Nice job I have that diesel in dB red paint scheme 👍

[@randallellison6421]

Looks cool SMT!

[@jcure]

amazing, and complete with a cannonade to celebrate~

[@Alex4SiliconValley]

If you use flat color paints it will make the trains look more realistic. They will look naturally weathered.

[@patrav5542]

Hello, did you buy it domestic or from another country? It is a Class T43 for Swedish State railway. EMD power and build in Sweden at Nohab factory. THE model is a Lima H0 Made in Italy. But it has diffrent engine original. THE yellow version is a track maintinance company Banverket You also have Swedish coaches repainted and Class E Steam Loco SJ. Why all this swedes repainted? 🇸🇪

[@mortythealien2783]

you should try paint stripper gel next time, i use it on hotwheels too

[@davidztog9011]

Diesel turned out great, Harrison. 🤔 Are the passenger cars OO scale? Just as you need to renumber the locomotives, you also need to figure out how you are going to get the names on each passenger car. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍

[@jordandorsett3106]

Nice painting and get another swedish steam train plz I want to see you do the SJ railway in model scale

[@alanwbelcher]

Good work on the diesel, you should be proud of your work. And it’s nice to see the train complete. Thanks for sharing. What product did you use to strip the paint. I have used brake fluid for many years. Good luck, and stay healthy!

[@MattKonsol]

Your layout looks amazing as heck! I hope you could get your swedish locos numbered and put dcc on it!

[@kroy1037]

Wow! Well done, Harrison: the steam engine and diesel combination brought back some fond memories of the real deal as it used to travel here. As I recall, the cars had the names of local towns on the sides. Your channel is so informative. I was going to ask what you used as paint remover, since I want to take the paint off the streetcars I bought after you alerted me to them on your earlier video. A few comments suggested brake fluid? Is that what you were using?

[@JGT_rblx]

You should make a tutorial on how to convert from DC to DCC

[@kenhanks9620]

Oops, while making my reply on loco cylinder placement neglected to congratulate you on the successful completion, almost, of your "Dream Loco". Nice Job,!

[@hondachopper6978]

That appeared to be Frog tape you were using. They guarantee no bleed thru on the edges.

[@NissyJ-SAL]

nice job.

[@antonbruce1241]

What chemical did you use to strip off the old paint? And what tape do you use for masking? And dude...you did a fabulous job on that paint!!!! That really looks sharp!!!

[@Confuze4874]

I got a train you'll like for sure, the Burlington zephyr or the ghan (if they make it)

[@oldthudman]

You need an airbrush......For your work I think a Paasche model H would be perfect....$60-$70 roughly for H kit.......Comes with air hose, wrench, 2 bottles, paint cup, Allen Wrench and hanger......

[@twincitiesrailfann2623]

Quick question Harrison. (sorry if this comes off as slightly rude) But do you have any plans to clean up/finish the industrial area on your layout.

[@SMTMainline]

That's the plan.

[@myvideosetc.8271]

You seriously need to get into 3D printing, having so much variety of old locomotives you will be able to have always the needed spare part.

[@briancantymagli1841]

What did you use to remove the paint that is safe for plastic?

[@dbtech7914]

Another Great job, a complete rebuild from the engine to the body. What did you use to remove the old paint?

[@randyoehling6010]

Hey Harrison, what is that cool closing music on this video

[@oystercreek9]

Nice! I am interested in your railing fabrication. How did you make the vertical stanchions for the railings? I have a naked Tyco 'Spirit of 76' Alco Century that I would really like to dress up a bit. Thanks for the interesting content and Congratulations on 30K!

[@juansilveti9336]

que hermosa locomotora saludos

[@dennisb-trains23]

Nice👍👍

[@mitchellwhittington2507]

This train looks amazing! Are you planning on running it at any train shows?

[@SMTMainline]

I hope so

[@sglr5025]

Smt, you should do a video on how to paint locomotives.

[@KCDash4400cw]

Nice

[@michaelmitchell6898]

Could you tell me what products you use to remove old paint from plastic locos? I am slowly building my layout using nothing but used equipment (retired and broke).

[@michaelschultz5127]

How many engine do you have?

[@j.harryfeldman1776]

Brand of motor you installed? What paint remover did you use?

[@lawrencewehren8968]

What did you use to remove the old paint? TIA

[@williamsantangelo]

Model Graphics Dry Transfer s then a coat of clear damn your good watch the type of clear coat

[@tedsalmen]

2:14 ASMTR

[@michaelschultz5127]

It could be the plastic color too.

[@elleryparsons5766]

Next the General Lee Diesel.

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

I have just realized that the connecting rods on the steam locomotive are actually not Connected to the pistons XD

[@SMTMainline]

For some reason not all Swedish steam trains have their pistons located on the side.

[@kenhanks9620]

Early steam locomotive development in England, and so in much of Europe, had the placement of the cylinders on the inside of the loco frame members. Such placement had the advantage of reducing side clearance dimensions (often an issue in the rail lines being built in already developed areas), and also it had some advantage in the balancing of the driving mechanism as well as keeping those moving parts safer from damage along the right of way. North American practice evolved with greater clearances being available but the biggest advantage of outside placement was much greater ease of maintenance and as cost of skilled labor (and complexity of designs) increased outside cylinder placement became dominant in most operations world wide.

[@chasesrailwaylinesrr6447]

@@kenhanks9620 Thanks for the details

[@The_iceman_PR]

Y came back!!!

[@mistermadmachine6311]

😮👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@fanofblueshockey107]

It kind of looks like one of Thomases friends

[@gamerwill2604]

Hi I love your videos and also I have my own model set

[@SMTMainline]

Nice

[@timpriddy349]

You should have dipped it in a bath of thinner and it would have given better stripping results for the details like louvers

[@theoldbayrailfan]

Buy a American 440 and painted into that paint scheme

[@shockstrains5077]

that’s got to be the weirdest motor i’ve ever seen

[@marcleslac2413]

F for the hcw coaches that were scapped do you know the fate of the steam and diesel?

[@SMTMainline]

They’re still in their shed in Gatineau. No idea on the future of ether. The diesel is currently for sale on a government surplus site.

[@marcleslac2413]

@@SMTMainline aight

[@leifring4739]

Thats a Swedish T43 locomotive

[@KandRCustomModels]

Tooth brush not steel wool!

[@petskalina]

Can you make a dared 13

[@liam.m.f4593]

Nah this is the train engine from Farming Simulator 17.

[@arrow1414]

And why we didn't see the rebuild?😡(😉)

[@kommandantgalileo]

mod it so it has more pulling power

[@SMTMainline]

I did, that's what adding the lead was for.

[@Crlarl]

You need more gloves.

[@bobross4449]

Hello

[@bobross4449]

Oh also first

[@SMTMainline]

Hi