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Order of diesel work (inside/outside) Locos and rolling stock
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Prolific poster 1,012 posts Chuck P Prolific poster 1,012 posts
Chuck P

I'm reviewing the order I'm doing my diesel work in. I have some diesels that are factory painted and will have some additional details added, some weathering, proper couplers, and DCC/Sound/Lights.

Should I get the electrical work out of the way first and then tackle the detail/weathering work? It seems when I have a completed model (like an older one I've done with details/paint/weathering) and then added DCC, some of the details get clobbered and need to be fixed.

I'm wondering if I should get the inside done first and then the outside.

Thoughts?

 
HO - Western New York - 1987 era

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Virginian and Lake Erie Super User 9,244 posts
Virginian and Lake Erie

Yes, do the insides first. If

Yes, do the insides first. If something happens that you are not happy with the mechanism then you will not have to sell one that you put lots of work into that someone else may not want or be willing to pay for.

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Craig Thomasson BNML2 Frequent poster 631 posts
Craig Thomasson BNML2

Confucius modeler says...

The number of times you have to grope the shell to fix something inside is directly proportional to the amount of detail and weathering on the outside. 

When fully detailed, the innards won't work properly until something on the outside breaks!

Craig

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