I didn't know that was a pastime of yours as well.

Is that a Stranraer you're working on, there?

I must admit the kits I showed come in a raw plastic colour typical of early kits, grey or white, so painting stem-to-stern is required.

Painting models of American railway equipment is basically a miniature spraygun job, so these actually are more challenging to paint well. It's one of the reasons I enjoy doing aircraft from time to time; gets my airbrushing technique back up to snuff after getting lazy hosing down boxcars.