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Post by Kiro on May 16, 2014 23:45:22 GMT -5
Hello, This was my first diesel project ever done about 35 years ago, I was 14 back then. It was kitbashed using an Athearn SDP40 and a GP35 and styrene strips. There were no SD40-2 available in the market at the time so I used a Railroad Model Kraftsman article as guide. Some years after GSB offered their SD40-2 and right after Athearn did so. Joe     |
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Post by c415rock on May 17, 2014 0:15:44 GMT -5
HI Kiro,
Nice job on that build. Very impressive for what you had to work with. I think a lot of us forget what we all had to work with not so long ago.
Erik
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Post by m a y o r 79 on May 19, 2014 5:47:42 GMT -5
I agree turned out good. Its always fun seeing how our first attempts stack up with our other work, this one certainly holds its own.
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Post by railfansd40t2 on Sept 7, 2014 10:58:22 GMT -5
You have got to be kidding me ?
This was your first attempt at a kitbash and you were 14 ?
You sir have mad skills !
The snoots have been a favorite of mine since I was a kid and this one is stunning.
Paulie
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Post by dtinut on Sept 7, 2014 19:56:22 GMT -5
Joe,
Nice model! What did you use to make the trucks back then?
Bet that took a lot of shells and putty. Looks good.
Brian
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Post by iomalley on Sept 7, 2014 21:41:39 GMT -5
You made chicken salad out of chicken sh^t here for sure! Bravo!
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Post by railfansd40t2 on Sept 8, 2014 5:49:57 GMT -5
You made chicken salad out of chicken sh^t here for sure! Bravo! Still laughing at this comment.  I will have to remember this one. Paulie |
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Post by Kiro on Sept 8, 2014 10:31:13 GMT -5
Joe, Nice model! What did you use to make the trucks back then? Bet that took a lot of shells and putty. Looks good. Brian Brian, There were only two shells required as far as I remember, a SDP40 and a GP35 both Athearn. Long hood and reversed flexicoil trucks from the SDP40 - DA snubbers and UP rerail frogs were used, with some styrene to try to replicate the correct HTC type. Short hood and long hood end from GP35 as you say using some epoxy putty and styrene to fill the rear porch and extend the short hood. As of today, the model still runs very well and even has a NCE decoder inside. Cheers |
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Post by SD39dash2 on Jan 16, 2015 18:43:02 GMT -5
I almost thought I had seen this in a MR back issue, but the road number and a few of the details are different. I did find the one I was thinking of in the April 1978 issue of Model Railroader (p.83). Unit #8051 by Jozef Podganski.
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