tured the railroad’s logos or some identifying feature built directly into the paint scheme or artwork. My dilemma: how to adapt exist- ing prototype schemes to create a unique CWE scheme without du- plication or reference to the pro- totype upon which the proto-free- lanced fictitious road’s scheme was based.
As with any modeling project, planning is the first step. Choos- ing the equipment to be painted was the logical starting point. CWE stables a sizable roster of second-generation power, so I se- lected a GP38. The boxy design of the EMD hood unit offered clean lines for paint transitions, which would make both design and painting easier. As a model, the Atlas Silver Series GP38 ran well, featured good detail, and could be disassembled into multiple components, which meant less masking. With a locomotive chosen, the design phase could now begin in earnest. The standard CWE scheme features a clean, modern look: a Pullman Green body ac- cented by a yellow cab face, short hood and long hood end, pilots, and stepwells. Emblazoned on the sides of the long hood are the large white letters “CWE” simi- lar to Norfolk & Western’s final scheme, featuring a bold “NW” shouting from the sides of the locomotive.
Many roads chose to create bicentennial units that deviated substantially from their norm. However, for this model, I felt the special scheme should vary some-
simply modifying the colors and their placement, leaving more of a “CWE family” look to the loco- motive. After studying multiple prototypes, I chose to “borrow”
what from the CWE standard. This decision immediately ruled out the use of diagonal bands of color similar to those used by Burlington Northern, Santa Fe, and Seaboard Coast Line, among others. Instead, I used vertical lines for each color separation,
portions of Boston & Maine 200, combining it with the standard CWE style. This decision enabled easy paint application while still preserving the clean look of the CWE standard scheme. With this idea in mind, I now put the proverbial pen to paper to see what would be visually ap- pealing. I found a good library of line diagrams of both locomo- tives and rolling stock at THE RAILROAD PAINT SHOP (www. paint
shop.railfan.net). I began
Handrails are one of the most delicate parts of any locomotive model, and they should be removed prior to doing any seri- ous work on the model. To remove the Atlas handrails, I popped each from its mount by plac- ing a dull No. 17 blade between the body and stanchion, twisting to force the mounting pin from its hole.
Take-Apart
developing the scheme by color- ing in bits and pieces using the MS Paint program built into my home computer, saving each ad- dition with progressive file num-
Once the hood assembly has been removed from the walkway component, it can be further disas- sembled into a cab as- sembly, dynamic brake blister casting, and cast hood component.
Sub-
Assemblies After the shell had been reduced to its four ma- jor parts, the cab was completely torn down, separating the win- dow and number board “glass” from the parts to be painted.
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