I am looking for a good custom painter to paint my ho scale engine and tender in B&O color scheme. Any suggestions would be great.
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I dont know anything about these guys, but you might want to check them out... be forewarned, custom painting is not cheap.
http://www.cmtpainting.com/
http://www.trainweb.org/railfolio/blw/
-otto-
http://www.cmtpainting.com/
http://www.trainweb.org/railfolio/blw/
-otto-
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Check out Pacific Western Rail Systems in Surry, British Columbia they have a mass collection of coustom paint jobs in both N and HO Scale. I had them coustom build and paint and Canadian National SD40-2W in the Worlds Fair Expo 1986 paint job in N Scale!!
http://www.pacific-western-rail.com/
follow the N Scale Link and look for Coustom painting on the top right of the screen the locomotives shown there are don in both N and HO Scale.
http://www.pacific-western-rail.com/
follow the N Scale Link and look for Coustom painting on the top right of the screen the locomotives shown there are don in both N and HO Scale.
I respectfully submit the name of BentnoseWillie. I have had the opportunity of knowing the man personally. He's a straight shooter and is very talented with an airbrush... the only catch is, you'd have to send your model to him via parcel post, UPS or whatever so you'd have to count that as part of the expense. Here's his website, it has some prices and some certain examples. Oh and remember his prices include costs for paint, and appropriate decals.
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/sue.ellen/painting
http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/sue.ellen/painting
"What was it the engines said?
Pilots touching, head to head,
half a world behind each back?
'They should have made this double track'"
Pilots touching, head to head,
half a world behind each back?
'They should have made this double track'"
PWRS is VERY HIGH priced for their custom engines. I use these 2 guys:
http://www.northeastrailworks.com/index
And a guy by the name of John Binford, email [email protected].
Both of them do great work and are priced right.
Brian
http://www.northeastrailworks.com/index
And a guy by the name of John Binford, email [email protected].
Both of them do great work and are priced right.
Brian
I'm not saying anyone has to use PWRS as a painter but they do have a lot of odd ball things that are not offred to the general model railroad markit. Such as the CP Rail Red Barn's Full Body SD60's, CN wide body SD50 & SD60's and Wide Cab SD40-2's. I'm Helping to push the idea of releaseing CN and GO Trainsit Wide Cab GP40's, and CN Wide Cab GP38-2's in botn N and HO Scale. I have submited thousands of photos for there ideas on Locomotives and Rail Cars.