Post by OSR_182 on Mar 2, 2012 19:16:58 GMT -5
Hi All,
Haven't posted anything new in a while, but over reading week I was able to (almost) finish one of the projects I have on the go (one down, 27 to go...!
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Ontario Southland Railway is a real neat operation, and sort of has that backwoods, locally-run 'mom and pop' feel to it. They operate two branches in southern Ontario, one from Guelph to Guelph Jct (connection with CP), and the other from Woodstock to Tillsonburg/Woodstock to St. Thomas. They are popular among railfans for their large collection of vintage motive power, mostly Alco/MLW models. They do have, however, three GP7's (all high-nose), and one ex-CP GP9. The GP7's are currently all operating on the Woodstock branchline, and operate daily from Woodstock to Ingersoll, and to St. Thomas/Tillsonburg on an as-required basis.
One of the GP7's is #383, ex-SOO 383. Along with fellow ex-SOO veteran 378, these are two of the most in-original-condition geeps one is likely to find anywhere. Both are painted in OSR colours, but in different schemes. Number 383 was the first of the geeps to arrive on the property and features a simpler scheme, which itself is a revival of the TH&B cream & maroon. I decided to do #383 first, and I also have an Atlas GP7 to paint for #378. I started with an undecorated Proto 2000 GP7, and used True Line Trains, Tamiya, and Polly Scale paints to paint the shell, along with decals from Highball Graphics.
Fortunately, because the locomotive is essentially stock, off-the-shelf, there were relatively few modifications needed: side skirt modification, relocation of short hood headlights, winterization hatch, and ditch lights. I say 'almost' completed, because I ran out of time to do a few of the minor items (ditch lights, straighten the all-weather window, and for some inexplicable reason, I forgot the short hood lift rings). Also, the short hood headlight is currently a pair of Juneco clear jewels; because the front headlight was moved down, the stock bulb could not be used. I plan to remove/modify the weight so that I can add real lighting to this end of the locomotive. Painting the roof proved to be a challenge: I could not locate any overheard photos showing what part/how much of the roof was painted black, so I had to infer from the black winterization hatch, and overhead photos of #378 to judge what was supposed to be black.
So here are a couple of photos. The first two are of the locomotive tied down at the shop in Salford (these came in handy, as there aren't many on the internet!)
And here is the almost-finished model:
The last photo was taken on my almost-finished photo diorama that I built over reading week; hopefully I will get around to uploading some photos of it soon.
Hope you like it,
Cheers,
Peter.
Haven't posted anything new in a while, but over reading week I was able to (almost) finish one of the projects I have on the go (one down, 27 to go...!
. Ontario Southland Railway is a real neat operation, and sort of has that backwoods, locally-run 'mom and pop' feel to it. They operate two branches in southern Ontario, one from Guelph to Guelph Jct (connection with CP), and the other from Woodstock to Tillsonburg/Woodstock to St. Thomas. They are popular among railfans for their large collection of vintage motive power, mostly Alco/MLW models. They do have, however, three GP7's (all high-nose), and one ex-CP GP9. The GP7's are currently all operating on the Woodstock branchline, and operate daily from Woodstock to Ingersoll, and to St. Thomas/Tillsonburg on an as-required basis.
One of the GP7's is #383, ex-SOO 383. Along with fellow ex-SOO veteran 378, these are two of the most in-original-condition geeps one is likely to find anywhere. Both are painted in OSR colours, but in different schemes. Number 383 was the first of the geeps to arrive on the property and features a simpler scheme, which itself is a revival of the TH&B cream & maroon. I decided to do #383 first, and I also have an Atlas GP7 to paint for #378. I started with an undecorated Proto 2000 GP7, and used True Line Trains, Tamiya, and Polly Scale paints to paint the shell, along with decals from Highball Graphics.
Fortunately, because the locomotive is essentially stock, off-the-shelf, there were relatively few modifications needed: side skirt modification, relocation of short hood headlights, winterization hatch, and ditch lights. I say 'almost' completed, because I ran out of time to do a few of the minor items (ditch lights, straighten the all-weather window, and for some inexplicable reason, I forgot the short hood lift rings). Also, the short hood headlight is currently a pair of Juneco clear jewels; because the front headlight was moved down, the stock bulb could not be used. I plan to remove/modify the weight so that I can add real lighting to this end of the locomotive. Painting the roof proved to be a challenge: I could not locate any overheard photos showing what part/how much of the roof was painted black, so I had to infer from the black winterization hatch, and overhead photos of #378 to judge what was supposed to be black.
So here are a couple of photos. The first two are of the locomotive tied down at the shop in Salford (these came in handy, as there aren't many on the internet!)
And here is the almost-finished model:
The last photo was taken on my almost-finished photo diorama that I built over reading week; hopefully I will get around to uploading some photos of it soon.
Hope you like it,
Cheers,
Peter.
