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Post by legostudios34 on Jul 9, 2014 18:08:07 GMT -5
I have finally gotten around to making a thread on this, the HO scale model of NS 6920 I've been building. I started with a UP Proto 2000 SD60, and the cab is built from a Detail Associates SD60M cab and a lot of styrene. None of the details are perfect, since I made no changes to the long hood and I didnt trust my kitbashing skills enough to do some changes to the cab. (This is my first kitbash of anything). Here are the two most recent pictures of it, taken tonight. The next thing to do is to improve the way the cab mounts to the frame.  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr I've got more shots on my Flickr feed and a whole album on the Norfolk Southern Model Railroading group on Facebook. |
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Post by legostudios34 on Jul 18, 2014 20:40:41 GMT -5
 Making Progress. by lego-studios34, on Flickr Quick progress shot on NS 6920 tonight. All the decals on the engineers side are done, with the exception of Micro-Solling them. |
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Post by canadaandsouthern on Aug 6, 2014 19:45:30 GMT -5
How did you mask the blue paint?
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Post by legostudios34 on Aug 9, 2014 9:43:29 GMT -5
How did you mask the blue paint? I made a photocopy of decal sheet, cut out the decal for the ribbons, and masked the side using that as the template. |
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Post by canadaandsouthern on Aug 9, 2014 11:27:01 GMT -5
How did you mask the blue paint? I made a photocopy of decal sheet, cut out the decal for the ribbons, and masked the side using that as the template. Thank you for the info. |
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Post by enginseer on Aug 9, 2014 18:08:09 GMT -5
Good work here!
I like the cab, especially your rendition of its "brow".
Looks pretty good. |
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Post by T on Aug 10, 2014 7:11:47 GMT -5
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Post by legostudios34 on Aug 11, 2014 16:36:19 GMT -5
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Post by legostudios34 on Oct 12, 2014 18:11:27 GMT -5
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Post by legostudios34 on Oct 30, 2014 18:55:11 GMT -5
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Post by legostudios34 on Dec 4, 2014 20:54:01 GMT -5
Gonna ask for a little help here if anyone is actually reading this - as you may notice, the frame is bent right at the rear of the cab. When I take the shell off the frame, it doesn't have that problem, it's only bent once I put it on the chassis and screw in the coupler boxes. Any idea what's causing that or can anyone confirm my hunch that the problem will go away if I trim down the ends of the chassis slightly?
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Post by Packer on Dec 5, 2014 0:14:33 GMT -5
Perhaps you have something too high where the cab meets the chassis? I think that is how some P2K units get the bent steps.
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Post by legostudios34 on Dec 5, 2014 22:16:54 GMT -5
Thanks for your suggestion Packer, turns out the problem was the DCC decoder (explanation below) Finally was able to (almost) fix the bent frame on my model of NS 6920 tonight. Turns out that the DCC decoder was getting in the way of the shell sitting all the way down, so I took it out and I'm going to get a N-Scale decoder and put it in the cab so there will be room. Now the bend is down to less than one millimeter, but I may file down the chassis at the rear end a little bit more to see if that helps.  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr  NS 6920 Model by lego-studios34, on Flickr |
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