Apply decals and finishing an N scale locomotive. Senior Editor Cody Grivno shares the final steps to decorating an Atlas EMD GP38-2 diesel locomotive model into Milwaukee, Racine & Troy model railroad colors. To close out the effort, his process starts by applying waterslide decals, adding weathering effects, and then re-assembling the unit for layout operation.
To learn more about the N scale (1:160) layout hosting Cody’s locomotive, read the January 2022 issue of Model Railroader magazine, or watch the State Line Route in N scale video series exclusively on Trains.com.
In this series, you’ll discover that the mid-sized stand-alone model railroad is inspired by the legendary HO scale (1:87.1) Milwaukee, Racine & Troy, a large-room layout built more than 20 years ago by Model Railroader staff and their friends.
The thrill from building your own model never gets old! But if you want to expand your N scale fleet the quickest way possible, you can acquire a wide variety of MR&T locomotives and rolling stock directly from the kalmbachhobbystore.com
