03/05/2008
| PENN CENTRAL C430 Overland NYC Repaint |
First I want to give thanks to Warren Calloway and Craig Zeni for allowing me to use their photos in
my web articles.
This article will not be very long. It is not about building a C430, but rather a simple repaint. My base
model is by Overland. I bought it in New York Central factory paint. Being a Penn Central fan
modeling in the early Conrail years, this model will be repainted into what you see above except it
will be unit 2057 because I have found a photo of 2057 in the year 1977 still in full Penn Central
Paint. The paint is still rather fresh looking and not all beat up. It does have the usual Penn Central
weathering though, black with a lot of hazy dust and grim. I do not have the rights to use the photo,
so you will have to trust me on this.
The model comes with all the details necessary so I will not have to do any "modeling" to it. The
detail level is pretty decent. I really did not know all that was on the model until I stripped the heavy
black paint off. Then the model came to life. My only dislike of the model is the lifeless door hinges.
Though this may be one of the best diesel models Overland has produced, I can see why I like
plastic much better. Plastic gives a much better relief in detail. If done up right, this would be a
killer model in plastic or rather a multi media kit.
my web articles.
This article will not be very long. It is not about building a C430, but rather a simple repaint. My base
model is by Overland. I bought it in New York Central factory paint. Being a Penn Central fan
modeling in the early Conrail years, this model will be repainted into what you see above except it
will be unit 2057 because I have found a photo of 2057 in the year 1977 still in full Penn Central
Paint. The paint is still rather fresh looking and not all beat up. It does have the usual Penn Central
weathering though, black with a lot of hazy dust and grim. I do not have the rights to use the photo,
so you will have to trust me on this.
The model comes with all the details necessary so I will not have to do any "modeling" to it. The
detail level is pretty decent. I really did not know all that was on the model until I stripped the heavy
black paint off. Then the model came to life. My only dislike of the model is the lifeless door hinges.
Though this may be one of the best diesel models Overland has produced, I can see why I like
plastic much better. Plastic gives a much better relief in detail. If done up right, this would be a
killer model in plastic or rather a multi media kit.
This is the model still in factory paint. It is not to bad, but a lot of detail is hidden by the gloss paint.
Also trough the engineers window you can see that the interior was painted black. It needs to be
painted a light gray.
Also trough the engineers window you can see that the interior was painted black. It needs to be
painted a light gray.
Here you can see I have the model completely stripped and primed. Ready for its repaint.
Here I have painted the handrail ends yellow, step edges and pilot grab white. I have also painted
the cab interior a creamy gray color.
Basically Penn Central did not repaint the NYC C430's. Since they were already black, they simply
painted out any NYC logos and names and applied the Penn Central logo and name. The step edges
and pilot grabs were left white as they were on NYC, but the hand rail ends were repainted yellow.
If you look closely, you can see some pre-weathering already happening on the hand rail ends. Also,
in this case any chipped paint on the hand rail ends is acceptable. When the model is finished, you
will see more chipped and worn yellow paint.
The yellow and white paint were done with Testors enamels. The cab interior color was done with
Testors Model Master camouflage gray. All the painting was done with an air brush. I hate brush
painting step edges and hand rail ends. The paint goes on way to thick and it looks like you brush
painted them. I first painted the yellow on. I masked the area around it all so I would not get a heavy
paint build up on the surrounding surfaces. I used a product called Artist Masking fluid. I just
painted it on the surfaces I did not want painted. After the yellow dried, I peeled off the mask and
then applied the mask to the hand rail ends and painted the steps white.
Next I need to paint the individual interior parts.
the cab interior a creamy gray color.
Basically Penn Central did not repaint the NYC C430's. Since they were already black, they simply
painted out any NYC logos and names and applied the Penn Central logo and name. The step edges
and pilot grabs were left white as they were on NYC, but the hand rail ends were repainted yellow.
If you look closely, you can see some pre-weathering already happening on the hand rail ends. Also,
in this case any chipped paint on the hand rail ends is acceptable. When the model is finished, you
will see more chipped and worn yellow paint.
The yellow and white paint were done with Testors enamels. The cab interior color was done with
Testors Model Master camouflage gray. All the painting was done with an air brush. I hate brush
painting step edges and hand rail ends. The paint goes on way to thick and it looks like you brush
painted them. I first painted the yellow on. I masked the area around it all so I would not get a heavy
paint build up on the surrounding surfaces. I used a product called Artist Masking fluid. I just
painted it on the surfaces I did not want painted. After the yellow dried, I peeled off the mask and
then applied the mask to the hand rail ends and painted the steps white.
Next I need to paint the individual interior parts.
Not only did I get the individual interior parts painted, but I also have the step edges, handrails,
pilot grabs and MU hose ends painted. The step edges are painted white. This is left over from the
original NYC paint. Basically the C430's were not "repainted". The NYC emblems were painted over
and the Penn Central name and or logos were added. The handrail ends did get painted yellow. As
you can very well see, I also painted everything basic black. I let all the paint dry for a few days and
then gave everything a gloss coat of Future Floor Shine. If you are not using Scale Coat paints, then
I highly recommend Future Floor Shine for a gloss coat. It levels out very nicely and is sweet to
decal over. It is also the perfect finish for starting the weathering process.
Now it is time to get serious. Next step is decaling and then weathering.
pilot grabs and MU hose ends painted. The step edges are painted white. This is left over from the
original NYC paint. Basically the C430's were not "repainted". The NYC emblems were painted over
and the Penn Central name and or logos were added. The handrail ends did get painted yellow. As
you can very well see, I also painted everything basic black. I let all the paint dry for a few days and
then gave everything a gloss coat of Future Floor Shine. If you are not using Scale Coat paints, then
I highly recommend Future Floor Shine for a gloss coat. It levels out very nicely and is sweet to
decal over. It is also the perfect finish for starting the weathering process.
Now it is time to get serious. Next step is decaling and then weathering.
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