-Weathering steam running gear

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GN.2-6-8-0

GN.2-6-8-0

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On the older brass and most plastic steamers weathering the running gear evenly was never a problem for me. Simple blocks of foam under pilot and cab, hooked up power leads from a power pack to the drawbar and ground and i could have a nice real slow wheel rotation for even spraying with my airbrush.

But now these newer Bachmann/BLI engines with DCC & Sound having plugs between loco and tender hows one to get the running gear turning at all without it being on trackage ? any painters out there that have solved the problem of even coating on wheels and siderods and related running gear?
I much preferr having the wheels turning but just can't see myself chasing a locomotive around the layout with my airbrush hose & compressor floppling along behind me....:D
 
Blacken-it is the best stuff I've found for running gear or blackening things like freight cars wheels. It's on sale today at http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/158-2 for $6.29 and a little goes a long way. The nice thing about Blacken-It is that it's conductive so you don't have to worry about getting to that one little piece of the running gear that messes up the electical pickup.
 
While Blacken-it has it's use's I'm more concerned with giving my engines the dirt /road dust look. As i said the problem with these newer locos is being able to have the wheels turning while your painting.
The answer i'm looking for is how to run these newer steamers with plug type connections between engine and tender while not on the track.

Any ideas?
 


How about just using an old freight car coupled to the pilot with the freight car wheels blocked? You should be able to get enough wheel spin to do your painting as the drivers spin against the blocked freight car.
 
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