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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2020, 09:25:49 am »
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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #16 on: May 19, 2020, 08:44:14 pm »
The striping really is impressive! What brush do you use, a Mack? or a liner? One Shot paint? I have tried this and failed miserably, now I cheat with a Bugler wheel, which only works on flat surfaces.

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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2020, 12:47:13 pm »
Have you steamed it yet?

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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2020, 08:54:31 pm »
Have you steamed it yet?

 Yes I have Charlie, about two years ago was the last time. The first time I fired it up after the cleanup and paint job, the 25-30%
of the reddish paint on the bottom of stack turned black. Nothing else went bad.
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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #19 on: June 21, 2020, 09:39:17 am »
Have you steamed it yet?

 Yes I have Charlie, about two years ago was the last time. The first time I fired it up after the cleanup and paint job, the 25-30%
of the reddish paint on the bottom of stack turned black. Nothing else went bad.

Thanks for the reply Tommy.

Again, really nice job on the restoration.

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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2020, 12:50:59 am »
If only heatproof paint was easy to get in all colors.
If I had the storage space... And the money... I'd have a few more engines.

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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2021, 04:18:08 am »
Beautiful restoration. Did you try insulating the inside of the fire box to keep the paint from burning?

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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2021, 09:14:12 pm »
The paint job is off the hook.  Amazing pinstriping you give me motivation to start working on mine.

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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #23 on: December 07, 2021, 08:39:45 am »
Beautiful restoration. Did you try insulating the inside of the fire box to keep the paint from burning?



Hi KNO3, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to your question.
No I didn't insulate the fire box, that's high temp paint. The
chimneys red brick color suffered from the heat. The lower 1/3 lost
the red color.
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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #24 on: December 07, 2021, 09:01:01 am »
Hello Tommy,

You have done a fantastic job.
What shade did you take for the foundation? Is it midnight blue?
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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #25 on: December 27, 2021, 09:09:12 am »
Hello Tommy,

You have done a fantastic job.
What shade did you take for the foundation? Is it midnight blue?


I'm sorry it took so long to reply. No, I painted the base, or foundation, black.
When I first received the engine, the finish on the base was so bad that it looked
like it was originally black but the paint was breaking down and losing pigment.
Several years after it was done, I realized my mistake and just left it.
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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #26 on: December 27, 2021, 12:59:01 pm »
Hello Tommy,
Thanks for the info. I am about to repaint my 368/2 and will use midnight blue as the base color.
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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #27 on: December 28, 2021, 04:22:40 pm »
Hello Tommy,
Thanks for the info. I am about to repaint my 368/2 and will use midnight blue as the base color.


Hello Jurgen, midnight blue should be right. Here's another Doll from that time frame.
I picked this up after the other one had been painted black


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Re: Doll redo
« Reply #28 on: December 29, 2021, 07:19:29 am »
Hello Tommy,
The pictures show me that I am on the right track.
Thanks a lot.
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Jürgen
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