MILW SD7 #512 (circa 1979)

[Wammi]

Here's my latest attempt at recreating a Milwaukee Road locomotive.







Poor thing was born looking like this:


Thanks for looking.

[kcs1967]

Bob that is beautiful!!!

[icghogger]

That is KILLER, Bob!

Whoa, wait a minute.....that's the real thing ;D

[gnsteve]

Another nice fade and weathering job. The only thing that gets old is the diesel itself. Your choice of prototypes really shows off your talents for kitbashing, painting and weathering.

[Wammi]

Thanks guys!
I am pretty happy with how it turned out. The over all dusting is a bit over done to me, but that is what I get for not testing the airbrush before pointing it at the model. Oh well, live-n-learn.

I think it will be a great companion to run with the 2 SD10s I have on the bench right now.

[kcs1967]

Mar 17, 2010 6:56:24 GMT -5 Wammi said:

Thanks guys!
I am pretty happy with how it turned out. The over all dusting is a bit over done to me, but that is what I get for not testing the airbrush before pointing it at the model. Oh well, live-n-learn.

I think it will be a great companion to run with the 2 SD10s I have on the bench right now.

The dusting looks great, yes you should test off model first, but I think you got lucky in this instance, It is good to have some grime above rails.

[RunningExtra]

Great job Bob!!!!

[Wammi]

Thanks guys!

[alcors1]

if you want to clean the windows I take a small queue tip dipped in rubbing alcohol and clean just the windows.

[rs2mike]

nice

[Wammi]

yep, will be doing that here soon. I still had a couple of things to finish off. Once hey are complete, I'll do those final little things. Thanks for the tip, however.

[m a y o r 79]

Turned out great. I like the weathering, especially the fuel spill on the tank. Is that a Walthers ribside caboose in your sig pic?

[Wammi]

Thanks Mayor. Yep, that is indeed a Walthers rib side bwc in my sig pic.

I need to get some "finished" photos now that I have cleaned the windows and replaced the chains on the had rails.

[DRGW 5398]

Nice work Bob, I think the weathering looks just about right for the MILW! Love the single fuel tank.

[Wammi]

Thanks Andrew!

[Wammi]

Looking back at this thread, I am very unhappy with the photo quality. I'll have to get the new camera and tripod out to see if I can't get some good clear photos. These really do not do this unit justice.

[blues90]

 Is that a PK2 SD7 ?   I had two milw road PK2's . I sold them now what I have is a rail power shell and frame only railpower on their early release left of the number boards , later they added some with horrid square corners. I looked through all I have and found two old SD40-2 shell and frames that had the 1 foot to wide hood that were designed to fit athearn drives . The cab top pops off and the number boards are perfect . All I need to do is cut out the number boards leaving enough plastic around them like a rectangle shape with the number board gasket in tact then cut out the shell to fit the new number boards and glue them in place . Basically I need to cut through the RPP shell to fit the new sections , I've done it before on some other units that didn't have number boards.

 The difficult part will be assembling the details associates ladders . Nice thing is the frame has the one tank off just file off the frame part left if one needs two tanks .

 I was just going to use the one piece decals but I like number boards with the gasket .

 Your model turned out GREAT.

[m a y o r 79]

The Athearn BB SD40-2 has a correct width hood, not the "wide hood" from the older locos. If I remember right the SD40-2 was actually the first loco they released with the correct scale width hood.

[analogbeatmaker]

Nice looking engine Bob! I agree with you that the dusting is a bit overdone but it didn't ruin the model. I really like the trucks.

[poweredby251]

It might be the model from North American.  They brought out a wide body SD-40-2 just before the Athearn and GSB models came out.  I think they did a tunnel motor as well.  Quickly went away after the others came out with scale hood SD-40-2's.

John

Apr 14, 2014 20:28:19 GMT -5 m a y o r 79 said:

The Athearn BB SD40-2 has a correct width hood, not the "wide hood" from the older locos. If I remember right the SD40-2 was actually the first loco they released with the correct scale width hood.