Fooling Around with Kiwi Trains: Adventures in 3D Modeling & Featuring 1:120 - 1:2 Scale : N, HO, O, G, 5inch, 7.25inch & 15inch Gauges! No Ads, Just Some Nutty Tales from Peter Bryant @ Portland Railroad, Northland NZ If the image has a star on the bottom right corner then its modified with AI and shouldn't be taken seriously.
NZ120 Kiwirail DL class hauling the NZ120 Northerner
Today the Northern Explorer receive their last decals, with the luggage van awaiting a further stripe. Which means hoping the model shop has decal paper in stock!
The decals were not the tidiest i've ever done... The AKC Cafe car had to have 1 side completely redone, as I managed to get it wrong on the first go!
This long weekend see's the Trackgang's 56' carriage set currently painted in a basic red get an overhaul & general tidy up. And having recently designing the steam heat van I came across many colour pictures of the northerner train which inspired a rather impulsive painting spree.
The stripe appears to be
The DL class is not prototypical...
Still a bit unsure about the stripes, perhaps a bit thicker.. to late now
Today sees the completion of actually getting around to printing decals (Stripes) for the NZ120 Class.
I only had 4 sheets of White Decal paper & no transparent sheets, so white paper will work considering my printer is unable to print white.
The image is freely available for anyone wanting to give decal printing a go. The local modelling hobby shops normally have decal paper & the bonder (Sprays on decal after printing to seal). The idea is to cut the decal carefully using a fine pair of scissors, and leaving a tiny black strip...
Once the standard railcar arrives I shall use the same technique.
Source Image, Free to download, NZ120 Db/Da Stripes
Printed & decal bonder applied
After application on the Db Class attached to the Da Class which also shared the livery
Perhaps I went a bit to heavy on the weathering, note the fruit salad Da lurking in the background.
DB class sporting some bling..
And also, The silver fern running around with front main LEDs running
I've been printing a few decals using an inkjet printer, decal paper & bonder.
I've printed decals for the DL, DXR, steam engine number plates & Zh Wagon.
The number plates are printed on trasparent paper & will require the loco plate to be painted white / gold first.
DL & DXR Decals
Steam Engine Number Plate Decals
Zh Decals
Zh after receiving decals
The DL, now with cab numbers. not as tidy of a job as i wanted but still looks great from 2 feet away. The decals on the front required painting first.. of which i now need to re-do. lucky I printed a few sheets!
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