That is a very fine custom paint job! Enjoy the model If you have take a loupe, microscope, or a macro-lens to see imperfections, it serves the purpose, since most people do not even have a loupe! There was a time, when model makers like Wiking (famous for their model cars in H0 and N) and Arnold with their Rapido trains (the old German company of the 60s through 80s, NOT contemporary Canadian Rapido) deliberately made very simplified models to allow hobbyists to have crisp toy-models at LOW cost, that you could place into a landscape, that looked real from a bird's perspective, which is really what you have in N-scale! Arnold really had mechanically TOP quality trains with somewhat bolder looks than Minitrix and Fleischmann, but cost on average only 2/3 of all competitors! US-model makers, like Athearn and Bachmann were not sold in Germany, the reasons for which I learned the hard way in USA in the 80s. Back to simplified looks: Look at old post cards and tell me, if you can see headlight chrome trim-rings or read license plates on cars, or read all details on train data-plates, or count freakin rivets. You can NOT! That kept everything affordable. I for one do NOT want a $30thousand Rolex, when a $99 Seiko-5 or $50 Timex will do just fine for looking at the time, and the same was and is true for N-scale. It was a huge part of the attraction 50 years ago for me to switch to N as a kid, to trade simplified looks fit a smaller scale in exchange for excellent mechanical operation and lo cost! 1978 Momsy gave me one of the best Xmas gifts ever with the first N-scale set, and I had so much fun with my Minitrix old Western pack with the UP 0-6-0 steamer freight train, building a desert mountain layout with a trestle made from match sticks (literally!) and 3ftx5ft landcape sprinkled with bird-cage sand from our canary bird's stash! (his name was Tweety, and he sang beautifully until he died at almost 17) CRIKEY, these are TOYS that are supposed to RUN, not fine jewellery under a microscope!

Good morning Shane I'm not an N scale or any scale railroad operator / hobbyist I am a RC scale model builder military crawler trucks. Just to let you know you are my sanity in the morning before work I found you a while ago and I've seen almost every one of your videos. You seem like a pretty straight up cool dude love to watch you love to watch what you're doing and the bad part about it is you get me into going into scale trains. That's all I need is another expensive hobby but just wanted to say thank you so much for your content keep going and like I said I really enjoy your videos

ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO! Keep it up Shane!

I know the Channel in Pa lol sweet vid!!!

Very nice locomotive!