Post by cnrglen on Nov 2, 2011 21:01:26 GMT -5
I decided to make an athearn F-7 into an engine that had been in a derailment/ collision and then mount it on a flatcar.
I started with a Blue-box F-7 in the CNR passenger scheme (there's literaly dozens of these around here)
I cut out the roof top fan and dynamic brake panels as well as the side grills and engine room doors.
I then re-created the structure that would be behind the side grills with some sheet styrene.
I cut half the pilot off as well as the front nose door.
The damage to the nose was made by heating a small spoon over a candle and pressing it into the plastic.
I painted the nose damage with Testors Model master Burnt iron and steel to give a 'scorched metal' look. I also painted the grill structure grimey black (Poly-S)
I used a flapper-wheel in my dremel tool to get the scratches and gouges down the left side on the engine and gave the side a spray of poly-s dirt. oily black (also Poly-s) was brushed down from the louver-vents
I used an old Walthers F-unit detail set to add the grabs and windshields.
Rust was added to the fuel tank, ladders and other areas both using Poly-s rust from my airbrush and artists acycrilic paint.
I mounted the wreck on a roundhouse 60' flatcar using ties as supports.
When I mounted it I realized that the engine compartment was just a big empty space so I fashioned a tarp to cover most of the holes
The engineer's side asn't as damaged in the wreck so I mostly used rust and dirt without scratching it up as much
Finally here is the finished project being pushed onto the scrapyard track beside my kitbashed Allied rail rebuilders. Will the engine be repaired or salvaged? only the foreman knows
I started with a Blue-box F-7 in the CNR passenger scheme (there's literaly dozens of these around here)
I cut out the roof top fan and dynamic brake panels as well as the side grills and engine room doors.
I then re-created the structure that would be behind the side grills with some sheet styrene.
I cut half the pilot off as well as the front nose door.
The damage to the nose was made by heating a small spoon over a candle and pressing it into the plastic.
I painted the nose damage with Testors Model master Burnt iron and steel to give a 'scorched metal' look. I also painted the grill structure grimey black (Poly-S)
I used a flapper-wheel in my dremel tool to get the scratches and gouges down the left side on the engine and gave the side a spray of poly-s dirt. oily black (also Poly-s) was brushed down from the louver-vents
I used an old Walthers F-unit detail set to add the grabs and windshields.
Rust was added to the fuel tank, ladders and other areas both using Poly-s rust from my airbrush and artists acycrilic paint.
I mounted the wreck on a roundhouse 60' flatcar using ties as supports.
When I mounted it I realized that the engine compartment was just a big empty space so I fashioned a tarp to cover most of the holes
The engineer's side asn't as damaged in the wreck so I mostly used rust and dirt without scratching it up as much
Finally here is the finished project being pushed onto the scrapyard track beside my kitbashed Allied rail rebuilders. Will the engine be repaired or salvaged? only the foreman knows
)!!
