Bowser SD40-2F Quickie

[cemr5396]

I recently had the good fortune to acquire one of the beautiful Bowser SD40-2Fs.



As I'm sure a lot of you guys know, the model is almost perfect out of the box, but I did notice a couple of things I wanted to fix.

The first thing I did was remove the exhaust hatch and drill out the area underneath it. 




Next, I removed the fans and drilled out the openings using a step drill. 




Finally, I used a silver Sharpie to colour the fan blades silver. I find this works way better than trying to use silver paint. 



Then I put everything back together





And there it is! A very simple and easy improvement to the already very nice Bowser SD40-2F. 

[icghogger]

Very nice work, keep 'em coming!!

[ironstef70]

Indeed, a worthy upgrade especially on the roof where it is visible almost all the time.
Yep, these Bowser units were a success out of the box. Pretty much as most Rapido are despite minor flaws at times.

[m a y o r 79]

Great idea with the silver sharpie! I'm gonna have to borrow that idea.

Your mods turned out excellent as well!

[cemr5396]

Feb 14, 2020 17:10:56 GMT -5 m a y o r 79 said:

Great idea with the silver sharpie! I'm gonna have to borrow that idea.

Your mods turned out excellent as well!

Thanks!

Like I said, I've never seemed to have very good luck with silver paint. Maybe I just have bad luck, but I can't seem to be able to acquire a good jar of silver paint for the life of me. The problem I always seem to run into is the silver pigment (it almost looks like metal flake) settles out of the mixture, and no amount of stirring or shaking will result in a mix that will go on evenly. 

I don't remember what inspired me to try the Sharpie the first time, (probably desperation, LOL) but it was something I had on hand. It was an absolute game changer for me. I haven't used paint for something like this since.