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Post by dingy on Jan 22, 2015 11:24:19 GMT -5
I have been considering building a GP35 (1a2) from the ground up, and for the past week I have been going nuts trolling for
dimensional data. Does anyone have any references or data sources that provide fully dimensioned drawings? It seems that
everything that I find is missing just a bit of information (and yeah, kinda maddening).
Thanks!
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Post by ssgburme on Jan 25, 2015 12:17:36 GMT -5
I climb on one about once a week. even tho it's a rebuild.what do you need?
Karl
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Post by danraitz on Jan 25, 2015 13:59:24 GMT -5
Mike, In 1990, Mainline Modeler Magazine ran a series of articles on the GP35. They had a set of drawings for the GP35 phase 1b in the June issue and for the phase 2 in the October issue. You can also get drawings at the following web sites: trainiax.net/index.php and paintshop.railfan.net Dan |
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Post by nsc39d8 on Jan 25, 2015 19:25:05 GMT -5
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Post by dingy on Jan 28, 2015 21:18:12 GMT -5
Sorry for the delay in posting. The last week has been a bit nuts at work.
I decided to go anal and model the fishbelly and to build up from there. I'd like to have those dimensions as
opposed to guestimate, although I *think* I can make a fairly educated guess.
What adds insult to injury is that the the final stripping I did on my Athearn shell (cracks and crevices) didn't
like the CA remover the LHS guys said worked great. Last time I ask for something when they are out of the
green goo. So much for "safe for all plastics". At least I got a few GP-35 shells from the mrrwarehous.com (sp?)
yard sale. On the bright side of things, I can operate on some of the carcass, and do some practicing on the
other part (heh).
Anyway - yeah, I tracked down two of the three Mainline Modelers on Evilbay. Hopefully they are as nice as the
picture showed (for "good" condition anything goes). They are in the mail as we speak. I got the 1992 and one
of the two 1990 issues. There is an upcoming show in the area the weekend of the 14th and a big swap meet in
March so I'll do my normal trolling for things like that there.
I also saw the same modelling link as well!
Thanks!
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