3510 (Left) and 2602 (right) pose at the base of the Mesa on my layout. Both of them are Atlas models I stripped the paint off, primed, repainted, created custom decals for, festooned with brass detail parts and then weathered matching real RSD-5 and C-424 locomotives in the late 1960s.
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I'm so excited to show off a project 9(!) years in the making, the first SD45 painted in the Mexico68 paint scheme for my Alta California Railway.
I did that Tom Fawell inspired watercolor of the SD45 back in 2015 not long after I began working on the ALTA concept for the first time. Over the years a lot of refinement and changes were made to the railroad, its story, and the paint schemes.
The color scheme was directly inspired by the striking work done by a design firm for the Mexico olympics, the Magenta + Orange was used in some of the stadium decoration and wayfinding signage. Since the ALTA played a large part in transporting people and materials to the games, it was natural for the railroad to draw inspiration from it for the next generation of motive power on the railroad.
Now all that's left to do is final detailing, handrails and glass in the cab.
While I model 1968 as prototypically as possible, it's always fun to have whimsical visitors on the layout!
I cannot believe this old Bachmann "DeWitt Clinton" locomotive model ran after sitting in the box for more than 40 years!
If you want to learn more about the eensy DeWitt Clinton locomotive, you can do so here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton_(locomotive)
Here's the direct Youtube Link as well: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC_qV-wGVow_HapR93TeW4A/community?lb=Ugkxa54P8kNbHz8LEXoQwFD0KeMfkE9CSF0U
It'll be a fun time!