GMTX SD60

[nsgevo]

When your standing on the side of an NS mainline, its sometimes hard to tell what railroad it actually is. With the shortage of power, foriegn and leasing locomotives can be seen on almost every train around here and the old Oakway SD60s are no exception... Ive been meaning to do one of these for a while now, and decided to finall give one a try. Ill be starting out with an Athearn RTR Oakway Leasing SD60.






To start off with, I removed the cab and the roof mounted beacon was the first to go. Next I build and installed a Cannon and Co. EMD cab interior which fits almost perfectly into the athearn cab.





Next up is the fuel tank. I'll be using a Cannon & Co. kits aswell for this. The truck side frames have also been removed to I can paint them black.

[EMDX6043]

Looks like a fun project.

[mosteam3985]

I'm working on one of these as well. 9067. I saw a pic of it a few years ago and it's kind of a rust bucket now. Keep it up man I can't wait to see this one finished!

[dmfoamer]

Very nice looking model. One thing though,the trucks are silver and not black. I worked on these units in Alliance Nebraska.

[nsgevo]

Ok thanks for the info. The ones I see around here on the NS appear to be black, but may be theyre just really dirty?? I just plan on making it look like the prototype...

[antlorch]

The trucks are really dirty so you could start by painting the trucks a black maybe mixed with a dark brown color. Then maybe a wash of dirty brown the spray a light coat of dust over that and that should be close to the look your after. I might also use that wash on the walkway down too.

This is going to be a nice project also. Good luck.

[nsgevo]

I got some painting and patching done on the model over the past few days. I removed the EMD lettering on the side and the logo aswell. I painted the walk ways black and gave them a coat of dust/dirt. I also painted the pilot, trucks, and the top of the nose black. Lastly, I added Cannon & Co brass steps and gave it a new DW plow.

[icghogger]

Excellent start, that's gonna look REAL Nice!!

[diesel]

that's comin along!

[nsgevo]

After putting a few hours a night into it, it's nearing completion... and its only the third day. This might be a new record right here! Anyways its now weathered and I finished some detail painting along with adding the reflective safty stripes. All the LEDs are installed and just need to be hooked up. This is my first time working with the Rail Flyer ditchlights and other than being a pain to build, they look amazing!

[cf7]

Very nice - it 'LOOKS' right!

[riss2509]

Awesome stuff! I sure do miss the original Oakways though! When it comes time, can you shoot some pictures on how your goin to wire up your LEDs? Im thinking bout doing the same thing with mine, just trying to figure out the best/easiest way!

[m a y o r 79]

That looks great. I've been meaning to try the LED's as well but with everything being packed up for our move, it's gonna be a while. Share your method though!

[riss2509]

Just saw your youtube vid, just an idea for the EMD 3, try kato SD70 brake cylinders, they are 1 piece, easy, but tedious, to switch out. But, look great!!! Here is the link:

dieseldetailer.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=gen4&thread=5366&page=1

[nsgevo]

Great Idea! Those do look good and I think I might even have some left over... Itll be a few weeks before I can get the decoder, but ill be sure to take some pictures of the wiring!

[IORY87]

Very nice!!!!! I want to do GMTX 9041(SD60 Demo with SD70 Trucks) but havent been able to find a EMD 3 yet

IORY87

[nsgevo]

Hey, funny that you mentioned that. Im working 9041 right now. Ill get some pictures up later... I got mine from Spring Creek Model Trains. Theyve got a great selection and good prices...

[nsgevo]

Heres the finished model. The only thing thats left to do is add the decoder. Thanks for looking and for all the feedback. Im currently working on 2 more: 9025 and 9041 (ex-emd 3 with radial trucks) Ill get some pictures of those up in a little while.

[tamaman]

Realy nice work!

[kcs1967]

looks great!