01-17-2009, 01:29 PM
eightyeightfan1 Wrote:Its hard to modify a modern loco, to look like a protoype. Since todays locos are built "cookie cutter" style, with maybe the headlight location being the only difference. Maybe the addition of GPS antenna, AC unit(though a lot are "standard" today) for detailing, making paint and decal for the kitbash.
Trying to get the weathering exact would be a plus.
Might be fun to enter, I just don't have the patience for getting something "Exact". What fun is that?
I used to think that way, but a friend has challenged me to build a prototypically correct Cemex Gp39-2 instead of painting up a Gp38-2 to look like a Cemex loco. I'm starting with an Athearn blue box Gp60 with the standard cab, a Gp40-2 dynamic brake blister, which will get the more correct air intake from the Gp60's dynamic brake blister, and a bunch of details. I went over to his house to spend a day modeling and I spent the entire day cleaning up the frame and using styrene to extend the tank to match the prototype, as well as removing the teeth on the clips that Athearn uses to lock the body shell to the frame. I will use the couplers boxes to lock the shell to the frame and what is left of the clips will just be used as alignment pins.