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Post by cf7 on Feb 4, 2009 19:22:33 GMT -5
Here are a couple photos of my just completed Atlas GP7. It started out as a factory painted unit, but I wanted to shave off the grabs and molded on lift rings. After I did that, one thing led to another, and well, the striping on the side of the shell is all that is left of the factory paint. The end striping was redone with Microscale decals. The pilots were also filed smooth and lots of holes drilled in the metal to install cut levers and hoses. The steps were painted yellow and the ends were repainted gray. With so much paint work to be done, I went ahead and renumbered it.   I also replaced the exhaust stacks with Detail Associates parts. I replaced one of the axle journals with a friction journal, also from DA. Since I am running DC, I removed the lights and added MV lenses to the headlights and markers. The handrails should be yellow, but I prefer them black. Who knows, someday I might correct it. Doubt it though... ;D |
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Post by SCL on Feb 4, 2009 19:57:59 GMT -5
Beautiful model! Gotta love the CofG.. COG was a Southern subsidiary? It became a subsidiary of the Southern in 1963. The roots of the Central of Georgia railroad goes back to 1833, but in name it came about in 1895. |
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Post by Randy Earle on Feb 4, 2009 22:25:28 GMT -5
Very nice Chuck, I think it's grand!
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Post by antlorch on Feb 5, 2009 10:21:39 GMT -5
Very nice work you did there.
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Post by cf7 on Feb 5, 2009 10:25:35 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words! The pictures don't really do it justice. The windows look funky and the color is a little off. Maybe it's time to upgrade my 2.0 megapixel camera...
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Post by spnut on Feb 5, 2009 13:07:40 GMT -5
Nice job, Chuck
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Post by icghogger on Feb 6, 2009 10:34:31 GMT -5
Excellent Work, Chuck! I have never had any luck trying to keep the factory paint when modifying a shell. Major creds for your handiwork!
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Post by Smoke on Feb 6, 2009 12:02:14 GMT -5
That is some nice work! Especially matching tha factory paint.
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Post by cf7 on Mar 17, 2009 17:49:31 GMT -5
I deleted my old photos and replaced them with some that I took with my new camera. Now if I can just get the hang of it...
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Post by Randy Earle on Mar 17, 2009 22:52:14 GMT -5
Looks like your doing okay to me.
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Post by NCCR 2580 on Mar 18, 2009 7:47:46 GMT -5
Great work!!! It looks just like the pictures I have seen and even looks like a Jim Six model peice! My father is a huge CofG fan and he used to work for them... So complements times two!
Great weathering!
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Post by cf7 on Mar 19, 2009 8:30:59 GMT -5
Great work!!! It looks just like the pictures I have seen and even looks like a Jim Six model peice! My father is a huge CofG fan and he used to work for them... So complements times two! Great weathering! David - Thanks so much! I gotta say that Six was one of my favorite authors back in the 90's when he wrote a ton of articles for Model Railroading magazine. To me, that decade of MRG was the best for modeling out of all the magazines that I have read. Your father has good taste ;D Does he do any modeling? |
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Post by RunningExtra on Mar 19, 2009 13:29:18 GMT -5
Chuck,
Great job on that one, looks fantastic!!!
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