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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2013 8:40:00 GMT -5
Okay guys, I posted my thread on GP60's and a GP59 and the story has developed over the weeks. My attempts at the GP59 have been unsatisfactory so I am looking at making my own long hood from styrene and C&C parts, this I will do on my upcoming appointment to a ship so don't expect to see this until the summer. I have therefore been concentrating on the GP60's, although one at a time so I have completed one bar the handrails, paint and pilot details. I made a mess of the rear headlight casting so had to remove one from another Athearn shell and file a hole big enough to accept it, I am pretty please with the results as you cannot tell that it isn't the original light casting! I hope to do the handrails over the weekend and once the weather picks up I will get painting and add pilot details. Then I will move onto the other GP60, which, will require a little more work as it is an ICE fitted unit so I will have to fashion a box for the engineers side of the nose.  The gash in the walkway is where I scrapped to hard underneath with a knife blade to trim the shell to fit the air tanks!  Showing the additions I made to the anti-climber as per the prototype and the coupler box that now fits a Kato coupler box.  Another view of the anti-climber.  The rear-headlight housing:  |
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Post by upguy1981 on Jan 19, 2013 10:20:57 GMT -5
Looking very nice keep up the good work
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2013 15:31:26 GMT -5
Sat and put the grab irons ans lift rings on the unit tonight so I can finish the handrails and look forward to painting.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 19:02:01 GMT -5
Well I kinda got carried away the other night and added an ICE box to the engineers side of the nose so I guess I'll be numbering it 7147.
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Post by MitchGDRMCo on Jan 21, 2013 20:25:03 GMT -5
Nice work so far sir!
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Post by tjmfishing on Jan 21, 2013 21:53:49 GMT -5
Neil buddy that engine looks fantastic so far
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 4:11:02 GMT -5
Cheers guys. I'll hopefully get a few more photos up today when I've done the handrails and finished the ICE box.
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Post by NS91 on Jan 25, 2013 16:41:38 GMT -5
Cheers guys. I'll hopefully get a few more photos up today when I've done the handrails and finished the ICE box. Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards I don't think 7119 had the ICE controls or nose bulge. If I remember correctly units 7144-7150 had the ICE controls and bulge. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2013 19:28:44 GMT -5
If you look up a few more posts I commented that as id gone ahead and done the bulge id be numbering the unit to 7147. I was going to model both anyway so I've just reversed the order in which I do it. Maybe I should rename the thread?
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Post by NS91 on Jan 25, 2013 19:46:11 GMT -5
If you look up a few more posts I commented that as id gone ahead and done the bulge id be numbering the unit to 7147. I was going to model both anyway so I've just reversed the order in which I do it. Maybe I should rename the thread? Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards I guess I missed that post reading late at night or just after getting up or getting home from work. |
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Post by jetavdk on Jan 26, 2013 2:41:03 GMT -5
Coming along nicely Neil!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2013 5:02:16 GMT -5
If you look up a few more posts I commented that as id gone ahead and done the bulge id be numbering the unit to 7147. I was going to model both anyway so I've just reversed the order in which I do it. Maybe I should rename the thread? Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards I guess I missed that post reading late at night or just after getting up or getting home from work. No worries. I guess the thread name is a bit misleading now huh? Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards |
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Post by NS91 on Jan 26, 2013 7:50:37 GMT -5
I guess I missed that post reading late at night or just after getting up or getting home from work. No worries. I guess the thread name is a bit misleading now huh? Sent from my GT-I9100 using proboards Nope not at all. How is your C39-8 coming? I'm waiting on parts for my Sou GP38. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2013 8:17:28 GMT -5
Just about to sit down and re-do the radiator grilles as I've come across a more realistic way to represent the way they look and then I will fill in the missing walkway where I spliced the two shell together. Hoping to post some more photo's later today.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2013 8:50:14 GMT -5
Okay =, hit a bit of a snag! The other night when soldering the handrails I managed to let the card stock I was using to protect the shell move and melted a corner of the inertial filter compartment!!!
I've tried to fill this so it's not visible but it's not working so I am about to order C&C parts, looks like this one is on hold for a few weeks, annoyingly!
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Post by analogbeatmaker on Feb 10, 2013 13:59:02 GMT -5
The other night when soldering the handrails I managed to let the card stock I was using to protect the shell move and melted a corner of the inertial filter compartment!!! Aarrrghhhh.......hate it when things like that happen! BTW, great build. Looking forward to more pics. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2013 15:15:35 GMT -5
The parts arrived the other day to repair this but I took to finishing my GP40X first as I got a bit excited about finally finishing something I started years ago! This one is in line to be finished soon.
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Post by analogbeatmaker on Feb 11, 2013 19:33:00 GMT -5
The parts arrived the other day to repair this but I took to finishing my GP40X first as I got a bit excited about finally finishing something I started years ago! This one is in line to be finished soon. Looking forward to pics.......on both!! |
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