Southern F3 in large scale

[Gav Smart]

Hi,

I just wanted to share some photos of my latest detailing project. It's a Southern Railway F3 which was upgraded with MU connections, in large scale, 1:29th. I made quite a few improvements and details to this USA Trains F unit including fully detailed truck frames, nose MU connection and air hoses, radio antenna, 5 chime air horn, roof top cooling coils, detailed front pilot using 0.05" Titchy Train rivets as well as a new headlight fitting made from an AAA sized mini Maglite reflector and lens.
























Please accept my apologies for the quality of the photos, but I will try and get outside and take some proper shots of her earning her keep!

Many thanks for looking!
Gavin

[iomalley]

Finally! A G-scale model that doesn't look like a toy!!! Bravo!

[icghogger]

Very Impressive Work, Gavin, show us more when you can!!

[hotshot3305]

May 29, 2014 11:23:28 GMT -5 icghogger said:

Very Impressive Work, Gavin, show us more when you can!!

Yes, please do!!

Bob

[enginseer]

WOW!

I'd like to see more shots of this model.

Perhaps a few to show scale?

[Gav Smart]

Many thanks everyone for the kind words, I really appreciate it!

I will definitely share some more photos as soon as I can! I also finished another GP7 in Southern tuxedo black so I will dig out some photos of that loco too.

Thanks again,
G

[Deleted]

very nice build there Gavin looks really neat I like the way you did the headlight

[Gav Smart]

Thanks a lot for the kind words folks, I really appreciate your input!

The weather was lovely up here so I managed to get outside to take some photos of the F unit with the lights all lit up. The headlight is also set up for rule 17, where function F4 on our DCC system dims the light for a meet.





















I'm happy with how it is at the moment, although I am currently mulling over the possibility of putting in a 48' dynamic brake fan and removing a bit of the side skirts to show that this was an upgraded loco. I have quite a few other things to finish off first so I think it might just have to wait a little bit, but I'm sure I'll get to it soon...!

Thanks again,
Gavin

[Canadian Atlantic Railway]

Great looking unit Gavin! How large is your garden layout? Do you have any pictures that you could share?

[Gav Smart]

Thanks for the compliment!

Our line is not the biggest, but it does use up the available space in our garden quite well and we managed to squeeze in a fair amount of operational interest without it looking too overcrowded. The main theme is of a rural branch line so we mainly focus on local freights with a with a mixture of first generation, and early second generation power. We run DCC and sound, and try to base our work around an informal system of operations using a timetable and switchlists, and two man crews. I'd love to share more photos if people are interested?

Here are a selection of fairly recent pictures from the last year or so, mostly taken at our annual open house event during the summer:































Thanks again for all the kind words,
Gavin

[icghogger]

That is beautifully done, Gavin, very realistic!!

[enginseer]

Very, very nice!

Thanks for the additional photos.

[Canadian Atlantic Railway]

Very nice indeed I'd love to have a setup like that.

[Gav Smart]

Many thanks again guys, I really appreciate your interest!