Well, here is the Mt Rushmore engine, with the masking removed. The Pactra masking tape came off very easily, as did the regular masking tape I used to cover the yellow band between the itsy bitsy Pactra tape on the edges. This is just after the "reveal," and no touch-up has been done yet for the inevitable little "creeps" of paint.
A slightly more broadside view of the engineers' side of DME 6359
At this time, the engine had that "new locomotive" smell, or at least the "fresh paint" smell.....
A longer 3/4's shot of the engine in the front, and its power chassis to the rear. At this time, the Digitrax DH163AT decoder had been already wired in and tested. I had rigged a little "sail" mast to keep the decoder and unconnected wires from dragging along the right of way during initial testing, but it had fallen over when the time came for this photo. Won't be THAT long before that engine is together as EMD intended it to be!The next item on the list for DME 6359 is to use the ever-finely bristled brush and touch up the "creeps" that occurred even with my careful and persistent "gouging" of the tape edges. But, every few of them, and the "roughest" area turned out to be the fireman's side behind the cab around the tall standing equipment box and the turbo bulge. There, I had to repeat a few light brushes of yellow to straighten out the top edge of the color band. But it looks OK now.
More to come....
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