In this video, I repaint a Rapido SW1200 (Southern Pacific) into a customer's protofreelanced railroad called Sierra Central. This is the first in the fleet of a few engines painted for SCRR whose paint scheme is based off W. Allen McClelland's Virginia & Ohio. This model was surprisingly difficult to take apart but seeing how it was built taught me a few tricks I can apply to my own models.
Timeline:
0:00 Unboxing
0:28 Disassembly
4:08 Stripping Paint
4:54 Paint Prep
5:56 Priming & Painting
13:59 Decals
15:20 Reassembly
20:41 Demo
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