Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Jul 29, 2009 10:20:31 GMT -5
Ex-SOU GP35 with AAR trucks. Kato model, Cannon high hood, Stewart AAR sideframes (fit perfectly on the Kato trucks with no modifications... go figure). I'm surprised Athearn hasn't offered these in HH yet like they did with the SD45's and SD40-2's. SOU and N&W had sizeable fleets of them, and they were all pawned off to shortlines in the 90's. W&LE has them in their own paint, NS black, and even a couple still in SOU tuxedo.    Prototype:  |
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Post by icghogger on Jul 29, 2009 10:44:01 GMT -5
Rudy, those trucks are SWEET! You did a magnificent job on this one!  |
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Post by Randy Earle on Jul 29, 2009 11:35:00 GMT -5
Very nice there Rudy!
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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 29, 2009 22:20:25 GMT -5
Were the trucks new on those units or traded in with ALCO's? Traded in ALCo RS-2's. |
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Post by NS91 on Jul 31, 2009 8:44:41 GMT -5
I think that GP35, would have looked better in a tux.
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Post by MONONC420 on Jul 31, 2009 17:30:37 GMT -5
I think that GP35, would have looked better in a tux. Nah, NOTHING is better than NS paint! ;D Christian |
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Aug 1, 2009 15:32:37 GMT -5
Rudy,
Did the Stewart AAR trucks come with the Brake Cylinders or do you have to buy them separate?
Matt
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Smoke
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The Ski Train!!!!
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Post by Smoke on Aug 1, 2009 16:09:11 GMT -5
I think that GP35, would have looked better in a tux. Nah, NOTHING is better than NS paint! ;D Christian I agree with William, but that discussion can be saved for later! Love the model Rudy, Looks great!!! -Andrew |
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Post by Randy Earle on Aug 1, 2009 16:42:31 GMT -5
You've got to see, see, see, Tenessee Tuxedo.... ;D
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Post by ChessieFan1978 on Aug 2, 2009 18:37:51 GMT -5
Here is a GP35 in the Tuxedo. One of the few Southern GP35's with Bloomberg Trucks.  |
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Post by NS91 on Aug 2, 2009 19:35:23 GMT -5
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Post by MONONC420 on Aug 2, 2009 22:54:58 GMT -5
I have to respectfully disagree...  |
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Rudy Garbely
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Modeling Conrail from 1976-1979 in HO scale.
Posts: 1,073
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Post by Rudy Garbely on Aug 5, 2009 0:58:07 GMT -5
Rudy, Did the Stewart AAR trucks come with the Brake Cylinders or do you have to buy them separate? Matt If I recall correctly, the brake cylinders were separate parts from Stewart. I did this engine so long ago that it was still Stewart, before Bowser took them over. EDIT: From Bob Harpe's clinic on building one of these: "The part numbers you need are: PN0176 for the sideframes and PN0191 for the brake cylinders." Thanks for the comments guys.... as for the SOU vs. NS paint discussion, all I'm going to say is that this was one of my first superdetailed and painted models, so I wasn't feeling particularly ambitious with the paint job... I didn't want to screw it up by getting a stripe off or something. That was basically my only criteria for painting it NS versus painting it SOU. Looking back, I wish I had painted it in SOU, then I could run it as either an SOU unit or an early NS unit. But I don't have the heart to strip my own paint job off of it, especially when it came out so good! |
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Post by icghogger on Aug 5, 2009 13:44:24 GMT -5
It's what makes you happy that counts, Rudy, and BTW, keep up the good work!
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