❼ Disguising thick walls. To minimize the thickness of the molded window mullions, I painted their inside faces flat black
using a small, pointed brush.
❽ Dull the shine. The final step was knocking the shine off of the running gear. Given how fine these moving parts were,
I didn’t want to use paint. A friend suggested Neolube from Micro-Mark. Neolube is a lubricant that also serves as a blackening
agent. I applied it to the mechanism with a thin brush to achieve the look I wanted without risking gumming anything up.
By using a few simple color strategies, the Model
Power 2-6-0 Mogul can be easily made into a
model that looks as good as it runs.