My custom Golden/ face changing RC Thomas

MuddyPoppins

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sunhuntin

holy cow, he looks amazing! what kind of paint is that? i see the wagon has a red coupler too, where is that from?

MuddyPoppins

I used a gold craft paint that was non acidic...and took my time.🙂
The coupler however was left over from experiments with dyeing trains and cars chassis using Rit Dye..
I actually do have another effort that I searched for but couldn't locate yet of a Thomas that has been dyed dark green...
That coupler was from magenta on blue to make a purple train...

sunhuntin

thats awesome, muddy.

dying couplers, thats a good idea. more permanent than paint. so you just leave them to soak for a while? incredible.

MuddyPoppins

No..it's way trickier...the dye is boiled, and the plastic is put into the boiling water for only seconds!!!
Those seconds are critical to wether you get a perfectly dyed object or a warped ruined project..
I discovered the process on YouTube. There is a woman who restores old toys and she used this process to color match the plastic pedals on a vintage child's bike...
I will dig around for some examples to post tomorrow..

MuddyPoppins

I found the dyed train chassis'!!
Green Thomas & Edward...

The last photo shows heat warping to Edward...
...boiled for a second too long....project ruined🙁

A warped over boiled Edward🙁<img src="/assets/files/placeholder.png" alt="(missing)"><img src="/assets/files/placeholder.png" alt="(missing)"><img src="/assets/files/placeholder.png" alt="(missing)"><img src="/assets/files/placeholder.png" alt="(missing)">

Super

That gold Thomas Mod is awesome. The paint is beautiful and the color math on the box car is perfect. Did you use Airbrushing to spray on the gold and his widows look perfect. I like the fact that you left the windows and chimney Thomas blue as it adds a perfect contrast. I am surprised that this is your only mod as you did such a great job and you seem like a natural.

MuddyPoppins

No just acetone free spray paint...
🙂 and a plastic friendly paint/polish remover on the boxcar..(I believe it was painted red with a grey top)...getting it blue w/a qtip in all the lines was a pain in the caboose!!🙂

Super

Just some great work. No clear coat? I think that first picture should be your member avatar here.

MuddyPoppins

Thank you again...I'm having a really hard time adjusting to this page set up🙁 ...I'd love to have a profile avitar but I can't seem to find where to edit my profile at??

Super

At the top of this page can you see a clickable spot that says "User CP"?

Trackmaster-Rail-Yard

Wow! That's awsome!

MuddyPoppins

Thank you🙂

Super

Thats fantastic, Great Avatar, Perfect!!!

MuddyPoppins

Muddy Poppins wrote
Here's my only custom attempt..

Just found this while searching my photos..<img src="/assets/files/placeholder.png" alt="(missing)">

Super

Oh, wow, so you hand painted the smoke stack and windows blue? I thought you may have masked those areas off before spraying. How has the paint held up? Any cracking? What about the wheels, did the paint rub off the sides running him on the rails?

MuddyPoppins

I'm flattered but no I'm not that talented..the widows are stickers and I dipped the smokestack in red then wrapped a blue sticker around it to conceal how crappy the edge seam came out..
The paint has held up nicely and still looks new, though a good dusting is needed...it doesn't see much action, so it has minimal wear or tear..although I recently dropped it and cracked the side of the blue box car🙁

MunchJrTrains

There's no picture there...

MuddyPoppins

Sorry, all BPT photos images were lost in a server debacle about a year ago...
It was kind of fixed, but since then I can only personally post photos in the "general" thread, since this isn't "general" I cannot re-upload any new pics of it here...🙁

leylandvictory2

Why don't you upload the pics on photo bucket and post the url herr