Post by milw on Jan 11, 2009 11:03:16 GMT -5
Hi guys,
after starting here with my SD45, i would like to show you another project i made not long ago. A friend of mine offered me a Kaslo Shops SDL39 kit and as a Milwaukee fan, i had to take it ;-)
This first picture shows how the kit came out of the box:
All the shell parts are cast resin, all details are on two huge etched steel and copper sheets.
The resin parts are accurately casted and fit good after removing the flush. One disadvantage in my eyes are the seperate pilots, aligning them was not easy. A one pice shell might be the better choice here. The kit includes nearly everting you need, grab irons, wipers, lift rings etc. The only things i had to add were couplers, and air horn and a beacon.
Assembling of the shell and detail parts was fun and not that hard, the kit manual explains every step, but for some, pictures might be better.
The frame and drive doesn´t follow the quality of the shell. The gearboxes have high tolerances and a lot of play. Worst thing are the lower gear covers which are that thick, that they have contact with the rails when moving over switches. Grinding them down was a solution, but the above mentioned play in one earbox make the gear loosing contact and the model stops to move. A short email to Kaslo describing the problem, and one week later i had a pair of new, improved trucks in the mail box. Beside the problems, good customer support. The model got painted using Polly Scale colors and Microscale decals, just a weathering is missing. I installed a decoder, which makes it a good runner. It has not that high pulling force, but for short branchline trains, as the prototype was used, its a good addition to any Milwaukee roster.
after starting here with my SD45, i would like to show you another project i made not long ago. A friend of mine offered me a Kaslo Shops SDL39 kit and as a Milwaukee fan, i had to take it ;-)
This first picture shows how the kit came out of the box:
All the shell parts are cast resin, all details are on two huge etched steel and copper sheets.
The resin parts are accurately casted and fit good after removing the flush. One disadvantage in my eyes are the seperate pilots, aligning them was not easy. A one pice shell might be the better choice here. The kit includes nearly everting you need, grab irons, wipers, lift rings etc. The only things i had to add were couplers, and air horn and a beacon.
Assembling of the shell and detail parts was fun and not that hard, the kit manual explains every step, but for some, pictures might be better.
The frame and drive doesn´t follow the quality of the shell. The gearboxes have high tolerances and a lot of play. Worst thing are the lower gear covers which are that thick, that they have contact with the rails when moving over switches. Grinding them down was a solution, but the above mentioned play in one earbox make the gear loosing contact and the model stops to move. A short email to Kaslo describing the problem, and one week later i had a pair of new, improved trucks in the mail box. Beside the problems, good customer support. The model got painted using Polly Scale colors and Microscale decals, just a weathering is missing. I installed a decoder, which makes it a good runner. It has not that high pulling force, but for short branchline trains, as the prototype was used, its a good addition to any Milwaukee roster.
