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Post by m636 on Jul 20, 2009 16:52:10 GMT -5
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Post by poweredby251 on Jul 20, 2009 18:47:40 GMT -5
Smoky Valley, and later Train Station Products, made a conversion kit for doing this using Athearn switcher trucks and Athearn style GP frame. Both kits have been out of production for quite a while, and very tough to come by. They consist of a pair of rivits and bearing plates similar to those on the Athearn road trucks. The one set I found will be duplicated, and they will be used to model the Milwaukee RS-12's, which had AAR switcher trucks and were used initially for switching the Milwaukee's Minneapolis Station. Later they were considered the same as an S-12 and worked the yards and transfers out of St Paul.
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Jul 20, 2009 20:22:25 GMT -5
Is it just me, or is the bottom front step missing in the first picture, and then mysteriously back in place in the second?  |
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sarge
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Post by sarge on Jul 20, 2009 20:37:06 GMT -5
Is it just me, or is the bottom front step missing in the first picture, and then mysteriously back in place in the second? Two different units  And some great work  |
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Post by gnsteve on Jul 20, 2009 20:56:53 GMT -5
Great looking Geeps.
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sd50f
Superintendent
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Post by sd50f on Jul 20, 2009 22:46:17 GMT -5
Very nice looking units...wish I had that kit...
Timothy
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Post by steve4 on Jul 20, 2009 22:57:31 GMT -5
wow ! very impressive, nice job...  |
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Post by m636 on Jul 20, 2009 23:28:49 GMT -5
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Post by m636 on Jul 20, 2009 23:36:35 GMT -5
Here a photo of an proto 2000 gp9 reworked with custom fish belly frame.  |
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Post by rdg5310 on Jul 21, 2009 8:47:31 GMT -5
Great job on those frames! |
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Post by icghogger on Jul 21, 2009 9:16:38 GMT -5
Sweet Job!! The extra work on the underframe really paid off, Very Nice! My only question is, where did they hide the air reservoirs??
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Post by m636 on Jul 21, 2009 10:54:47 GMT -5
The air reservoirs what hidden in the short hood. You can see on the roof of both engines a airline from long hood (air compressor) to the short hood.
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Post by Randy Earle on Jul 21, 2009 11:59:21 GMT -5
I like the locomotive, it's really nice. But...You must resize those photos to 800 Pixels Wide or they will be removed. This is a standard rule on most Forums.
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Post by graftonterminalrr on Jul 21, 2009 12:26:27 GMT -5
Wow, that is super helpful. One of my summer projects is a CN GP7, and they too were equipped with Flexicoils.
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Post by wpdivwldr on Jul 21, 2009 18:40:24 GMT -5
Great work.....nice pics,,,.what's wrong with the size ? no side to side movement? John
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Post by puddlejumper on Jul 21, 2009 20:44:36 GMT -5
Were these units built this way or modified by CN?
I see dynamic brake housings... but no fans?
These are very nice models!
Dave
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Post by m636 on Jul 21, 2009 22:05:30 GMT -5
Hi Dave. CN didn't like to much the dynamic brake and on most all CN roster showing dynamic brake housings, they was disconnected and some have the fan removed like 4314.
You can find a very good study on the CN GP9 in DIESEL ERA volume17,number2,march/april 2006 and in CN LINES volume 14,number2 part 1, volume14,number4 part 2 published in oct,07 and nov,08.
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Post by CP_8530 on Jul 21, 2009 23:53:56 GMT -5
Very impressive models! Bravo!
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jbaakko
Superintendent
Modern detail freak!
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Post by jbaakko on Jul 22, 2009 16:37:22 GMT -5
That's some impressive work! I wish I had a milling machine now!
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Post by CP_8530 on Jul 25, 2009 14:26:12 GMT -5
Just curious...how did you mount the motor inside with the bottom section of the fuel tank removed? I'm assuming you mounted it higher up inside and had to remove the giant weight for more clearance.
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