I decided to add some airhoses to a couple of my Geeps, its amazing what is common sense to others can be missed by people like me lol. for the past few years I have mounted the hoses then painted them today it dawned on me that it would be simpler to paint the hoses while they are still on the sprue's then mount them. I used BLMA hoses for this and they are well worth it. The first photo is without and the second is with airhoses.
Colonel: It'll be Gray and Scarlet, kinda dirty, and pre-GRIP. Flash: The fans...... I made a quick casting of the dynamic brake fan off a life-like GP20, then modified it and re-cast it. Doesn't quite have the grill depth that I like, but it'll work. All in all, it's been a fun project. Need to finish the pilots, drop steps, and rear truck, then it's off to the paint shop, Then the dirt factory, and the grease trap, and the engine sump:teeth:
GP7u and GP10 - in progress shot Well here's two units under construction. The one on the left is going to end up ATSF GP7u and the one on the right will end up BNSF GP10
Walthers is retooling their GP18 with correct fans. I assume this model will be accurate for a PIII GP9
Have four GP-9’s Phase 2 engines, that are presently being repainted, to go with the cars from the “State Cars and US Territories Series” Scott Stutzman is doing the repainting. The four are former L & N GP9's Phase 2 #500,507,508,520. The front of each engine will have the outline of the US on it, and the numbers will represent the state of Delaware,California, Oregon and Washington.
Here are a couple of GP-7's I built. The 573 was a one off paint job used on the MEC office train an referred to as Mr. Millers engine, president of the MEC. The 21 is a EX Santa Fe GP-7 rebuild with a Topeka cab
Occupying the middle is my lone SP&S dual service GP-9. The Arnold unit in the rear has since been scrapped when the Atlas unit came onboard. And of course the 3 axle derivatives in front. Two GN GP-7s and two GN GP-9s complete the roster along with four SD-7s
How many Geep 7/9's can you count in this picture, most of them are Gats who will post some closeup shots later.
Nicely done. You have captured the "flavor" of these geeps. May I ask how you did the canvas sunshades? ---jps
To make canvas sun shades, I use aluminum foil and some wire. The foil is carefully wrapped around the wire. I'm still trying to make some in the extended position!
