Two More OSR Engines - 180 & 504 (RS18u/RS23)

[OSR_182]

Hi All,

Here are another two projects I have been working on. A die-hard ALCo-holic, the Ontario Southland Railway MLW's are a personal facourite of mine.

The first is OSR 180, an ex-CP RS18u. The real engine is out of service at their Guelph Jct shop with a broken crankshaft, but their other two ex-CP RS18's are in service (one at Guelph Jct, and the other at Salford). The model started out as a project I bought at a recent train show; beginning with an Atlas RS-11, someone cast a resin RS18 shell, high-nose as originally built (no idea who made it, any ideas?) I cut off the high nose and cab and replaced it with a Prototype Model Industries RS18u cab. I also redid the steps, and painted the frame black. I began by painting it maroon, but realized that masking off the cream would be easier. So on went the cream (polly scale TH&B cream, and TLT CP maroon). unfortunately, some of the cream paint cracked on the nose, so I'm going to have to go back and repaint the cab. The current fuel tank isn't correct for CP units, so I'll have to replace it (does anyone know if Atlas makes the narrow tank, and if so, the part #? )

The RS23 will be #504, one of several ex-CP RS23's in operation at Guelph Jct. The kit is an older AMM production, and a rather crude one at that. Both sides of the hood have significant bows to them, something I'm hoping I can straighten out. Again, Polly Scale and TLT paints were used, but I'll have to do a little touch-up of the maroon where the cream ran under the masking tape. The unit is currently unpowered, but I have a spare Atlas motor I'm going to see if I can shoehorn into the engine. I have a second AMM kit that I will do for one of their S-13's, once I get a couple of current projects wrapped up.

Anyway, hope you like the photos:







Thanks for looking,

Cheers,
Peter.

[iomalley]

Wow, you got your work cut out for you on the AMM kit. they were rough, to be nice about it!

Looking good so far!

[pwrailfan]

Nice models. I cannot wait until Prototype Model Industries comes out with their RS-23. I have one Kaslo, but want at least three more.

[OSR_182]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Sean, you're right about that AMM kit. The phrase "lipstick on a pig" comes to mind. I should post a photo showing the bows on each side of the hood; the sides of the hood are supposed to be parallel, right? I've since fixed the paint on it, and it is ready for decals. I'm hoping to have it mostly wrapped up this weekend.

Ran into a bit of a snafu on the RS18u cab: The Polly scale cream paint cracked, so I blasted it off with a grit blaster, but went a bit too deep... now I have to go back and fill in the cracks (I think that where the paint cracks were, the soft resin was blasted away whereas the paint shielded the rest of the resin, until it got blasted away as well).

pwrailfan, which railroad/RS-23's do you model? I also can't wait for the PMI one to come out. I'd like a couple others as well, to do some of the other OSR ones.

Thanks for your interest,

Cheers,
Peter.

[pwrailfan]

I model CP and B&M.