Post by ladderpipe on Jan 11, 2014 0:31:06 GMT -5
Hello all,
While I did not take "in-progress" photos of this build, it started as an Athearn Union Pacific GP40-2. I did what I could to convert it to a GP40 without making major modifications. I filled in the site glass on the engineer's side of the hood, removed the vent on the DB hatch, removed the ribs on the blower housing and a few other odds and ends. Other than that, it got lots of detail parts from Cannon, Details West & Associates and Miniatures by Eric. The most noticeable change / addition would be the slug master / mother receptacles / plugs on the long hood pilot. I tried to build it from styrene and it didn't come out too terribly bad. Its almost ready for some paint.
While I did not take "in-progress" photos of this build, it started as an Athearn Union Pacific GP40-2. I did what I could to convert it to a GP40 without making major modifications. I filled in the site glass on the engineer's side of the hood, removed the vent on the DB hatch, removed the ribs on the blower housing and a few other odds and ends. Other than that, it got lots of detail parts from Cannon, Details West & Associates and Miniatures by Eric. The most noticeable change / addition would be the slug master / mother receptacles / plugs on the long hood pilot. I tried to build it from styrene and it didn't come out too terribly bad. Its almost ready for some paint.
