I removed the front coupler and swapped in the closed door
scoop instead of the open door one. The nice thing is that the
Proto 2000 E6As shells came with both scoops. I created a decal
with two copies of the number 4000 in scarlet for the engine.
Todd is of the green lettering camp of the City of Miami and sells
a decal set for re-lettering the whole City of Miami train over into
that scheme.
So, in the fall of 2010, the newly DCC-equipped engine went off
for a paint job, decaling, and a few details. The details included
replacing all the roof lift rings, and adding a diaphragm to the rear
of the engine. While the engine was being painted I added one
more change (this is called scope creep). I asked Todd to replace
the existing LifeLike coupler with a Kadee #5, based upon the
experience I had with a fatigued LifeLike coupler on another E6A.
Todd also added some cab detailing on the interior of the engine.
The engine came back, but the delivery service was not as
careful as it should have been. Some green paint on the dia-
phragm had flaked off and the diaphragm itself had some edge
separation. Using the paint formula
supplied by Todd, I ran down the
colors and mixed up some touchup
paint and fixed the flaked off color.
The consist drawings are taken from
Illinois Central Streamliners 1936-
1946,
In Part 2 next month, I will go over
how I detailed the interior of the
cars.
