My custom Golden/ face changing RC Thomas

Here's my only custom attempt..

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

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...

thats awesome, muddy.

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

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..

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

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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.

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!!

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

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??