Canadian National F-3b and F-7b

[cnrglen]

Here's the two finished engines:

I did a bit of touch-up and gave them both a bit of weathering, concentrating mostly on the trucks and lower parts of the body. I did add the diesel soot stripe to the roof, trying not to overdo it (it's not an alco after all)

the F-3 tips the scales at 18oz. without adding the drive. I figure this little fellow could get over 2 pounds if the dives and the large Athearn internal weight was added.
One thing I might look into is the chicken-wire grill for it but for a 1970's shell I'm fairly happy with how it turned out. I might even look for the matching A.

The Bachmann Plus B unit came out the same way. weathered in the same way as well.

Now it's time to put them into service. I posed them behind my Proto 1000 F-3 unit.


One thing I should look into is some shorter couplers and diaphragms. It's quite the leap between the units.

And this is my Bachmann Plus F-7a that I painted a few years ago. you can see where I placed the yellow stripe wrong, causing the 'Canadian National' to be placed over the rivet line. I also painted the grabs black when they should have been yellow. I'm thinking of getting another shell so I can have a correct one for the New 'B'.