Forthcoming L&D CF7 in N Scale

[philiph]

Thanks to the magical casting powers of Randy Gustafson I'll soon be working on a CF7 from the Louisiana and Delta railroad like these:

www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoPicture.aspx?id=62385

Randy has a resin kit with etched details

www.randgust.com/prod07.htm

and I'm currently sourcing the mechanism. Sadly, no one that I can find makes L&D decals, so once I get the paint matched, that will be my next boondoogle (perhaps home printed ones are in order.

[philiph]

mechanism sourced, and being milled to accept the shell. Still no N scale decals though.

[philiph]

And here's the shell and mech arriving back from the shop: