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Post by norm66 on Aug 12, 2017 1:58:33 GMT -5
Since Lyle asked for some photos of the building process of my #9908... Ugly start with the basic shell of a USA-Trains streamliner (it was a surplus diner) the nose with a styrene substructure the raised roof on the engine compartment - curved edges with aluminium tube as a substructure all substructures were laminated with resin & glass fiber layers Doors & intake grills, exhaust stacks and roof louvers were added Windows & pilots added; basic trucks (front: USA-Trains SD40-2, rear: Aristo FA)attached - side frames were modified to resemble the front 'Blomberg'-style (a fabricated version of it) and the rear unpowered coach-like And finally There are a few details that are not correct (basically the shape of the fluting) - but only real specialists will know. And yes, I omitted the 'General Pershing' label on the front because the unit resembles the later look (added upper mars-light) and will run with some heavyweights as well...like the protoype after been relegated to branchline service. Regards Norman
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Post by EMDX6043 on Aug 12, 2017 8:26:45 GMT -5
Very cool. You've got some phenomenal skills!
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Post by bigjdme on Aug 12, 2017 21:11:23 GMT -5
Wow. Very nice
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Post by lyled1117 on Aug 12, 2017 21:45:18 GMT -5
While the result is great, the shots of how you got to it make it just that much more impressive. Way cool!!
Lyle
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Post by spike on Aug 13, 2017 17:14:23 GMT -5
Very nice. This is a good tutorial on building shovel noses. I belong to a Boston and Maine modeling group. This would be great material for building the Flying Yankee.
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Post by tankertoad70 on Aug 17, 2017 22:42:58 GMT -5
Absolutely stunning!!!!
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