Hi Butch --
Go to your local purveyor of R/C cars and ask for Lexan car body paint.
Pactra makes a good line of it, and so does Tamiya. These paints are usually
a form of lacquer (acetone thinned) with a flex agent in them that allows for
considerable bending. Most of the colors are pretty strange (for model
trains), but the basic colors – black, white, red, blue, yellow – can be mixed
to suit what you need. Just make sure you get some of the matching thinner
when you get the paint.
I would test these paints on the air tanks and anything other than the
handrails, because I believe these parts are regular styrene and might craze
when painted with the car body colors.
I agree re: AM running qualities. I do re-motor my units for even better low
end performance, but for the money they can’t be beat. The drives are almost
bullet proof and should outlast their owner.
Happy New Year!
Bill Winans
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I need to paint the handrails (fuel/air tanks as well) on a AM GP-9 and
wondered what paint has been used with success. These items appear to be delrin
or some other type engineered plastic and I wasn't sure which paint would stick
and which wouldn't. Any suggestions would be appreciate.
BTW, this is my 1st AM diesel and I can't say enough about how impressed I am
with its operation. It just glides across the rails as smoothly and quietly as
any locomotive I've ever own regardless of gauge or cost. All wheel electrical
pick-up, simple drives that is smooth and quiet and it should be a dream to add
DCC. With all the discussion about the exposed gear drive in the new Lionel
U-33C, they could take some pointers from AM.
Butch
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