I've been kind of quiet recently due to being busy with school, but I have made a fair amount of progress with Thomas! For the last few weeks, I was mostly doing filling and sanding, but I have finally started on painting! First I repainted the wheels to the new blue color. One nice thing is that, because I used a blue spray paint, the coverage on the wheels is much better than I got with the brush-on lighter blue!
![[Image: IMG-20220223-215527.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zLjyHdLZ/IMG-20220223-215527.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20220225-190104.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/xJpqtcy6/IMG-20220225-190104.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20220316-123024.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/DWj2KRJZ/IMG-20220316-123024.jpg)
After that, I was able to spray the cab piece blue right away, but I had some work to do on the main body still. I also got the cab windows painted yellow.
![[Image: IMG-20220302-150224.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/9rLV9vbB/IMG-20220302-150224.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20220313-165356.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/hJdqHhBC/IMG-20220313-165356.jpg)
Once I finished the sanding work on the body, I was able to paint it blue! Now Thomas looks much more like himself again!
![[Image: IMG-20220315-155517.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/nCy23L3V/IMG-20220315-155517.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20220316-121520.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/FfmZQBt2/IMG-20220316-121520.jpg)
Now I just need to do the last coat of black on the smokebox, then I can begin all of the masking for the lining and number. I'm going to need a lot of patience for that, but I'm confident that I can do it!
I have also worked on the design for the new running plate, and I just need to finish off the parts of the design will allow me to put the model together (the cosmetic parts are finished). There's not a picture because most of what I have done is near where the chassis will be, and won't really be visible.
I also have some general updates on my OO scale stuff, and I'll hopefully post about that later today or tomorrow!
Thanks for reading!
-TM2001
![[Image: IMG-20220223-215527.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zLjyHdLZ/IMG-20220223-215527.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20220225-190104.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/xJpqtcy6/IMG-20220225-190104.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20220316-123024.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/DWj2KRJZ/IMG-20220316-123024.jpg)
After that, I was able to spray the cab piece blue right away, but I had some work to do on the main body still. I also got the cab windows painted yellow.
![[Image: IMG-20220302-150224.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/9rLV9vbB/IMG-20220302-150224.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20220313-165356.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/hJdqHhBC/IMG-20220313-165356.jpg)
Once I finished the sanding work on the body, I was able to paint it blue! Now Thomas looks much more like himself again!
![[Image: IMG-20220315-155517.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/nCy23L3V/IMG-20220315-155517.jpg)
![[Image: IMG-20220316-121520.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/FfmZQBt2/IMG-20220316-121520.jpg)
Now I just need to do the last coat of black on the smokebox, then I can begin all of the masking for the lining and number. I'm going to need a lot of patience for that, but I'm confident that I can do it!
I have also worked on the design for the new running plate, and I just need to finish off the parts of the design will allow me to put the model together (the cosmetic parts are finished). There's not a picture because most of what I have done is near where the chassis will be, and won't really be visible.
I also have some general updates on my OO scale stuff, and I'll hopefully post about that later today or tomorrow!
Thanks for reading!
-TM2001
Modeling the LNER (and some Thomas stuff) in OO Scale.