Show off your reskins!
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Southern1581
Pineapple approved!
I feel that side views of both might help here. All I can see is the nose...
AMTRAKwannabe
Norfolk & Western Lives
I think they need more work, but the one on the right looks more promising.
I'm pretty sure the face is the only difference, so a side view won't make much of a difference unless he carried the paint further back, which it appears he hasn't.
I'm pretty sure the face is the only difference, so a side view won't make much of a difference unless he carried the paint further back, which it appears he hasn't.
MeowRailroad
CKRail
Yeah, it just has a stripe in the nose color going to the back, and the roof is black. At first, I preferred the one on the left when I envisioned the other i my head, but now the one on the right looks better. I think they could be run in an A-A set with the right unit leading and the left unit trailing.
generalman
Renowned L&N Fanatic
I like the left unit myself, but I like stripes on engines anyway...
speedbumptrucker1
New member
Here is my recent attempt of a reskin. SP & RI Golden State. I reskinned using paint.net. I wish I could remember the other free paint program I used to use when I was reskinning.
Its just a rough draft for now.
Its just a rough draft for now.
is it GIMP?
speedbumptrucker1
New member
Yea, I think It might be GIMP. I cant quite remember. It was alot better than paint.net... and free! LOL
I don't necessarily agree with you. I only use paint.net........only paint.net....None of the less, I like that skin.
I'm with Vinnie here. I find Paint.NET more suitable for reskinning like this.
MeowRailroad
CKRail
One of the most helpful tools I found for GIMP is the "detract from selection option" in the Rectangle Select menu. I used it to make the stripe on the F7's. I color selected the gray, using color match, and removed the bottom part from selection, so only the part where the stripe would go would be in the selection. Then I used the Paintbrush tool to color that in with the orange.
IvanSokolov
New member
"A new luxury excursion train to be launched!"
speedbumptrucker1
New member
The Skagit River Railway
The Skagit River Railway was originally organized by Seattle City Light to facilitate the movement of men and materials from the end of the Great Northern's line at Rockport, to hydro electric dam construction sites further east on the river. The railroad was not a common carrier but many loads of logs and lumber from local forests and mills were transported to the GN at Rockport. The railroad operated from 1919 to 1954. After the railroad was abandoned, the railroad's only steam locomotive, Baldwin 2-6-2 #6 was placed on display in the Seattle City Light park at Newhalem. In 1973 a local group raised funds and tried to operate a steam excursion train on Burlington Northern (formerly GN) tracks between the towns of Sedro-Wooley and Concrete in the Skagit River Valley. They obtained permission from Seattle City Light to use the name "Skagit River Railway". From what I've been able to determine, the operation was never able to rise above it's financial problems and had to cease operations. #6 sat in the engine house that had been built for it's overhaul in Concrete for several years until Seattle City Light was able to have it moved back to Newhalem. The second Skagit River Railway used former Milwaukee passenger cars, and 10 years ago there were 3 of them and a small Plymouth diesel switcher at Concrete. In the early 1990's BN abandoned the tracks east of Sedro-Wooley and the right of way has become a rail trail.
SKAGIT RIVER RAILWAY Baldwin 2-6-2 #6 on display at Seattle City Light park at Newhalem, WA
The Skagit River Railway was originally organized by Seattle City Light to facilitate the movement of men and materials from the end of the Great Northern's line at Rockport, to hydro electric dam construction sites further east on the river. The railroad was not a common carrier but many loads of logs and lumber from local forests and mills were transported to the GN at Rockport. The railroad operated from 1919 to 1954. After the railroad was abandoned, the railroad's only steam locomotive, Baldwin 2-6-2 #6 was placed on display in the Seattle City Light park at Newhalem. In 1973 a local group raised funds and tried to operate a steam excursion train on Burlington Northern (formerly GN) tracks between the towns of Sedro-Wooley and Concrete in the Skagit River Valley. They obtained permission from Seattle City Light to use the name "Skagit River Railway". From what I've been able to determine, the operation was never able to rise above it's financial problems and had to cease operations. #6 sat in the engine house that had been built for it's overhaul in Concrete for several years until Seattle City Light was able to have it moved back to Newhalem. The second Skagit River Railway used former Milwaukee passenger cars, and 10 years ago there were 3 of them and a small Plymouth diesel switcher at Concrete. In the early 1990's BN abandoned the tracks east of Sedro-Wooley and the right of way has become a rail trail.
SKAGIT RIVER RAILWAY Baldwin 2-6-2 #6 on display at Seattle City Light park at Newhalem, WA
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Wow those Southern F7s are beautiful, I love green and gold. I hope those are going to be released. In regards to an earlier post, a pity such a nice engine, SRR #6 is still on display, hopefully it will run again someday through some of Washington State's beautiful scenery.
Saturnr
Saturnr
Speedbumpstrainz
Master Reskinner
More reskins I'm working on.
