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Post by slowfreight on Sept 3, 2015 21:49:34 GMT -5
Noooooo! You must do the right thing. You know you have to!
You haven't weathered them yet...should be no biggie to rebuild the intake baffle correctly on all of the shells.
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Post by justGO on Sept 7, 2015 17:40:40 GMT -5
Here's an update, I finally reassembled a couple of my F40PH's, I had a little trouble with 515 so I have to work on that one a bit, the decoder (MRC) was not behaving. The others two 510 and 513 are working great though here are some shots:
and yes slowfreight, I could not stand the inaccuracy, for now I have placed a really thin sheet of styrene over the top of my A and B unit, I think it looks OK. I may attempt to remove the top and replace it with a proper slab later. Right now I am trying to finish my F59PH's fix 515, and get ready to start a GP40TC and some Hawker Siddeley Coaches... stay tuned
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Post by slowfreight on Sept 7, 2015 22:07:09 GMT -5
On the subject of Hawker Siddeley coaches, I've been going back and forth with Mike Bartel from Imperial Hobby Productions about the H-S DMU cars. I think he may have enough data that you could talk to him about getting Resin or Shapeways shells for those cars. Some of this Shapeways stuff is much more affordable in N than HO.
Meanwhile, if you know anybody who might have a good roof shot of the DMUs, could you PM me their contact info?
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Post by justGO on Sept 7, 2015 22:39:13 GMT -5
On the subject of Hawker Siddeley coaches, I've been going back and forth with Mike Bartel from Imperial Hobby Productions about the H-S DMU cars. I think he may have enough data that you could talk to him about getting Resin or Shapeways shells for those cars. Some of this Shapeways stuff is much more affordable in N than HO. Meanwhile, if you know anybody who might have a good roof shot of the DMUs, could you PM me their contact info? |
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Post by Nick Lorusso on Sept 9, 2015 16:10:35 GMT -5
These look great. Who do you get Kaslo parts from?  |
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Post by justGO on Sept 10, 2015 1:53:49 GMT -5
These look great. Who do you get Kaslo parts from? |
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Post by justGO on Sept 13, 2015 18:57:14 GMT -5
almost done with one of my Kaslo F59PH, I still have to add the front plaque with the GO logo, paint a few grabs, add the glazing, but for the most part this one is almost done. I'm doing a test fit with a KATO F40PH which works pretty nicely with some sanding of the interior shell and clipping a bit on the KATO frame. I tried an Athean F59PHI frame but it's too high to fit right, especially the version with the sound decoder. I might look at it again, but overall I think the KATO fits best, at least in the N scale version and... I did resort to removing the error on FP7 and B unit, they now have the correct cover. I stripped off the earlier idea where I had it as a screen, and as slow freight pointed out I now have replaced that with the correct flat top cover on both. 
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Post by slowfreight on Sept 13, 2015 20:44:20 GMT -5
Nice!
Where'd you get the decals? I still need to find HO decals for my 800-series power car.
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Post by justGO on Sept 15, 2015 4:34:24 GMT -5
Nice! Where'd you get the decals? I still need to find HO decals for my 800-series power car. |
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Post by justGO on Sept 18, 2015 3:20:20 GMT -5
finished B-unit, this was an Intermountain B-unit that I modified though it did not take much. Had to cover some of the side windows leaving one on each side, cut the sacks in-between the fans, added the metal exhaust pipe, added the intake cover, added end grabs to one side. the decals are a custom GOT decal and the numbers are HO scale Tropicana box car numbers that I am using on this N scale B-unit. Next I'll try to finish the two F59's then my shape ways GP40tc came in so it's time to start that...
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Post by justGO on Sept 22, 2015 23:56:51 GMT -5
One more F40PH, just finished putting 515 back together. Hopefully this weekend I can complete one of my F59PH.
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Post by slowfreight on Sept 24, 2015 8:16:47 GMT -5
So I see you did spring for the GP40TC. How does it look on arrival?
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Post by gevo on Sept 24, 2015 16:13:37 GMT -5
Fp7 glass into mail today or tomorrow
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Post by justGO on Sept 25, 2015 0:57:45 GMT -5
So I see you did spring for the GP40TC. How does it look on arrival? |
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Post by justGO on Oct 4, 2015 16:35:23 GMT -5
UPDATE:
finally finished my two kaslo F59PH kist. This was my first time working with a resin kit and I was glad I had two so when something didn't go quite so well I was able to improve it the second time around. I think the last details I need to add are an antenna on 533 and they both need a horn but I must order that separately I guess, the kit did not come with one. The details on the kit are really great, the instructions are pretty loose as far as what and how to do things, but to be fair there are so many tweaks and small differences you can do depending on the prototype one set of directions wouldn't really do. I numbered the two engines after the GO units that are leased out to Metrolink here in California, I've seen both engines out here so I thought I'd number them after the RBRX units.
  here is unit 533 next to 536, which was a homemade kit bash I did before I was able to find a Kaslo kit. The homemade job is an Athearn F59PHI body with an Atlas SD60 3 window cab. Not bad if you can't find a kaslo, but in the end the Kaslo is much more accurate.
 next up another GP40-2w and the elusive GP40TC both paint schemes incoming
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Post by slowfreight on Oct 7, 2015 8:28:11 GMT -5
Those came out nicely.
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Post by gevo on Oct 7, 2015 12:43:42 GMT -5
Get the fp7 glass yet
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Post by justGO on Oct 11, 2015 5:10:53 GMT -5
Hey GEvo yes the glass came the other day! Thanks! I'll put up a pic once I've installed it, I've been on the road so that's been on hold. Thanks again |
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Post by gevo on Oct 11, 2015 17:54:30 GMT -5
No problem just worried as that is something imrc doesn't stock so were good glad too help
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Post by Nick Lorusso on Oct 21, 2015 13:07:57 GMT -5
justGO What era are you modeling?
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