GEC's Layout Progress

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Other updates-

I actually forgot some other news.

Super deals on a Conrail E8

A new member of our model train club was just breaking into HO, an was looking for some good locomotives. As it turns out, there was an Ebay auction for two E8A locomotives, one a Conrail OCS E8 #4021, and the other the EMD Demonstrator E8. The bid was low, and so I suggested we go in on it together and split the locomotives and the cost.

The bid stayed low, and with shipping, the total was $70, and so we split it $35, and I got a second OCS E8! These usually ran in pairs, so I'm happy to have gotten the other half so cheaply!

4021 was ex Amtrak 499, exx PC/PRR 5711. #4020 was ex Amtrak 498, ex PC/PRR 5809.





Bowser U25B

Here is the U25B I've been on the edge about. Its long hood and hand rails are for the earliest models of U25B, while the cab and nose are for the late models. Infact, the body shell should be more similar to the style of the U28B below than this.

Still, its a functional locomotive, and it doesn't look to bad.






U28B Nose Modification

Here is the U28B. I might need to polish the nose a little better, but it looks fine when you don't look at it under a microscope!

I'll let you guys be the judge.

There are some more things I can do to this model though, mostly moving the horn to the correct location, and adding a few vents near the radiator section. That might be tricky, because i don't think anyone makes any GE style vents, but I'm sure I could figure something out. I wonder what would happen if I put a blob of casting silicone on the side of my U23B, perhaps I could clone the vent detail straight off the model?





The nose up Close-



"Before" photo.