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Post by pumuckl81 on Jun 22, 2012 9:14:18 GMT -5
Hello
This project kept me busy for nearly a year. After doing many resin car kits, I wanted to kitbash and engine. I chose EMD's SDP40 in BN green. I don't know why I chose this particular type.
It's built on a Kato SD45 chassis. The long hood is from a SD40. The rear is scratchbuilt vor styrene and various Cannon parts. I worked from photos so it's probably not within inches, but it looks correct.
Sam
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Post by pumuckl81 on Jun 22, 2012 9:19:57 GMT -5
Detail of the rear
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Post by iomalley on Jun 22, 2012 9:31:03 GMT -5
the addition of the extra doors on the longhood are seamless, nice job! I thought you were BS'ing us and just painted up an OMI, but she's Kato alright! Bravo!  |
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Post by Packer on Jun 22, 2012 23:32:30 GMT -5
Nice. Do you have a log of what you did to yours?
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Post by railfan on Jun 23, 2012 11:29:39 GMT -5
Very nice! Looks factory made.
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Post by pumuckl81 on Jun 23, 2012 13:56:55 GMT -5
Nice. Do you have a log of what you did to yours? No, I don't. But it's not too hard to do. You need a SD45 and a SD40 shell from Kato, the rear pilot and steps of an Athearn SD40T-2 (blubox is enough), Cannon long hood roof, gp35 air intake and various doors. If you want to know what I used exactly, let me know and give me some time. Sam |
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Post by Packer on Jul 7, 2012 18:44:05 GMT -5
Sorry I didn't post sooner, but it'd definately help to have a parts list.
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Post by diesel on Jul 15, 2012 18:31:24 GMT -5
I was gonna ask how much to buy that turkey, but you make the kitbash sound so easy. It really came out nice! Like railfan says, factory made.
It looks like you kept the Athearn cab, sub-base & short hood right? The windows at least look better than the blue box cabs used to. I did the same thing with my standard Rail/Ath shell. It keeps a nice consistancy over the whole model that way. Any chance you'll give us more pics? front, 3/4 shots...
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Post by pumuckl81 on Jul 16, 2012 14:00:50 GMT -5
Hey guys
I added a picture before painting. The details of the kitbash are more visible this way.
Beside the whole kitbash of the rear hood, the walway on the firemans side also needs to be lenghtened. Just look at the picture before and after painting, as it has not been done in this picture.
I worked in this order: 1st I built the hood, 2nd the walkway, 3rd the fuel tank and other small details. At least that's what I remember...
That's what I used:
Kato SD45 with low mount brake cylinders
Kato SD40 shell
Athearn SD40T-2 shell (Bluebox), we only need the rear steps and pilot
Cannon #HR-1751 Blank Roof Stock
Cannon #HD-1017 Doors
Cannon #HD-1014 Doors
Cannon #RG-1402 Radiator Grilles (needs to be shortened)
Cannon #ER-1806 Dynamic Brake Doors (for the small doors above the walkway on the long hood end)
Cannon #ST-2030 Safety Thread and Step Kit for SD40T-2
PSC #3935 Handrail Stanchions
DA #229-1104 Lift Tabs
DA #229-2209 Eye Bolts
DA #229-1003 Dual Pyle Light
DA #229-1024 Dual Pyle w/ vertical Visors
DA #229-101805 Firecracker Antenna
DA #229-2201 Drop Grab Irons with Nut Bolt washers (they make a huge difference)
DW #235-190 Leslie RSL-3L-R Air Horn
DW #235-287 Snow Plow
DW #235-126 Rotary Beacon (I'm not sure if all GN/BN SDP40 had the same beacons)
Microscale #460-8725 BN Decals
and of course small stuff like MU hoses and Air lines.
Sam
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Post by jbm875 on Aug 28, 2012 19:17:05 GMT -5
Very nice. To answer your beacon question, they all came with Pyle Gyralights on the GN, then got BN standard Prime type, followed by Federal Commanders ( gumball ) then back to Prime , then nothing. Four changes during the GN / BN era All those parts are produced, and there a many photos on the web of all the changes. Again, good job !
JB
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