The overhang can be seen from this photo of another person's loco project: http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?146993-Bashing-an-SD40-2-High-Nose&highlight= Refer to my thread (this was my first ever kitbash of a loco). I made the same error with cabs when I attempted mine. I tried to use an SD35 cab, which ended up lacking the battery box and cab overhang. The overhang in question is on the rear of the roofline. As someone mentioned, it is a bit of a rivetcounter issue, but it is such an easy detail to accomplish it is worth getting done. On my workbench: I am currently building simple styrene molds to cast parts from hydrocal for a bridge overpass. So far, I have one mold built and have had a successful casting. Next will be a curved section of "concrete" deck.
Got two Fox Valley ES44's that I've stripped and doing in a BNSF Heritage "What if" CB&Q Blackbird scheme.
Working on a Blair Line N scale Ernie's Gas Station. really nice kit. Everything fit well and I am happy with the progress. Too bad the same can't be said about my camera skills, or the lack there of.
Hello Eugen, very impressive panel! As long as you are still in the "working" stage can I make a few suggestions? If you plan to have guest operators I would try to add labels to the tracks, so it is easy to see where a train actually is. Try to give the crossover / track work in the top left more room: Those buttons and toggles are very close together. Maybe you can reduce the length of the straight tracks on the schematic and pull the top left more into the middle? I am not 100% sure what the buttons do, but I assume toggles for power and black push-buttons for turnouts? I think that standardizing on one type of button per task is the right way to go, as it will make life for the operator much easier! Cheers Dirk
I have these currently sitting on the workbench. I am building these for a fellow modeler on another forum. He needs two left hand #6 turnouts in cd55 for a crossover. Told him I would do them,Feels good to help someone out. Adios, Wyatt
Finished this car, finally, had it for probably close to 7-8 years. Car was an Alan Curtis models kit, don't think it was part of the deal Peter Harris got when he bought out the line. Modeled it after 734401, both cars are now part of BNSF MoW bridge building crew.
Nice job Mike. Captures the essence of the prototype. Hand Painting the graffiti is not an easy feat in this smaller scale.
This car was painted a year ago and after several attempts at printing the required decals correctly, it is finally lettered. This is power car P.G.E. 990281 converted from a former CP Minibox car. My model was converted from the Briggs Models resin kit: A big thank you to friends Greg Kennelly and Jeff Briggs who perserverd with getting the decals correct for me. Tim
Here's the finished car…with weathering completed on the walkways etc. It doesn't glow in the dark but I notice my hair is falling out! yikes!
