The first cab door is now on and swivels reasonably well. These cannon doors are so delicate, I broke it a couple times however I've some how...
OK so I'm also working on this project, as mostly scratch built SP SD45X. Here is a two in one shot of the unfinished cab with the battery box...
A closer look at the engineer side of both completed units. Last but certainly not least, the sister unit, peeking at left, is next inline for the...
BNSF clutter on my work bench. All locomotives are awaiting an upgrade of some sort. The GP60Ms are next in line after I'm done with all (6) C44-9Ws.
I've completed changing the doors on the second of three locomotives. At left, the third unit faces camera. The conversion on this unit will be...
The completed plow, profile view.
Here you can see the removable sand bed and sifting grate.
Plow front and center.
Here you can see the scratch built plow, yoke and brackets. Note the "chain" is made from a flexible needle for beading.
I added a sifting grate on top.
I have quite a few of these gems. They were really cheap. I plan to upgrade them with custom made brass ladders, side railings and end platforms....
With BLMA trucks, this E&C shops car sits really low.
Even an old ModelPower car looks better. The custom brass part help, too.
And doesn't it look great? The walkways, ladders and platforms are custom made brass parts.
I always liked the ultra-short tractors used by CF. This truck is based on the Herpa/Con-Cor Freightliner cab.
This suicide cab is in progress.
Everything but the bunker and suports is kit bashed or scratch built. It turns out the worst part of the kit was the frame, which I discarded. The...
Lineside produced an awful concrete truck kit as part of their line for many years. After using the cab for another project, I attempted to save...
Close-up of the Atlas/Athearn pumper.
These engines were kit bashed from Atlas Ford L8000 tractors. The front pumper body is from Bachmann, the rear Athearn.