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Post by dale on Dec 9, 2014 22:26:24 GMT -5
Hi everybody I was just wondering if any one out there has any good pictures or plans of what the roofs looked like on Southerns reblt FTs. Thnx Dale
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Post by jmlaboda on Dec 10, 2014 22:03:03 GMT -5
These units looked like rebuilt F3s with louvered panels through the porthole area and the same roof panels and radiator fans as found on later F-units. Finding shots are nearly impossible to find on the web despite some folks looking for them. I know of no drawings though inquiring at one of the Southern Railway lists at Yahoo ! Groups may turn something up. Here is a link to SOU 6707, an EMD F3A, the rebuilt FTs looked quite similar to this unit (sans the steam generator roof detail)... rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1342835 |
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Post by cd on Feb 19, 2015 15:41:36 GMT -5
Hi everybody I was just wondering if any one out there has any good pictures or plans of what the roofs looked like on Southerns reblt FTs. Thnx Dale Dale, I remember seeing a few in one of the little "Images of Rail" books on the Southern Railway. Seems like it was probably in the one about the Spencer Shops, but I haven't been able to put my hands on one lately. They're usually inexpensive and go for less than $20. I'm also interested in the same photos as my prototype bought one. |
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Post by cd on Feb 19, 2015 15:50:12 GMT -5
How are you planning on building one of these? Will you start with an FT or an F3?
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Post by dale on Feb 20, 2015 8:09:24 GMT -5
Hi Chris I've already started. You have to start with an ft because of the wheel base, I cut out the center panel with the port holes & I put in a Highliners panel #3,you have to remove a couple of louvers & cut out & reverse part of the panel & then the hard part is a roof panel from .005 styrene 9.5 ft wide & 18.25 ft long ( best I can tell) if you get that centered on the highliner roof you'll emboss all of the rivets on the new panel then you need a slot for highliners high fans also sand of the old fans and rivets from the old panel & you'll have to make 2 square roof panels im guessing same size as Emd panels. You can see those panels in the G&F book with the 801 photo & yes that's also the one I'm doing
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Post by cd on Feb 20, 2015 12:26:45 GMT -5
You can see those panels in the G&F book with the 801 photo & yes that's also the one I'm doing Dale, I've been wanting to do one of the same unit as I model the G&F here in Douglas, GA. I managed to get Jack Parker's model that he started building years ago and never finished. He was a G&F researcher and fan. Someone here on the board finished it for me and It's going on a shelf as soon as I can find a display case. It was built from a Stewart F3 as that was all that was available when he built it. I know it's incorrect, but it's neat to me because of where it came from.  |
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