Warren D Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 New England Central SD-40 #721 sits outside the shop waiting for it's next job. Kato HO scale with lots of detail parts and some light weathering A pair of CSOR (Connecticut Southern RR) SD-40's by the shop. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Nice work! I caught part of 'Unstoppable' on TV the other night. Made me want to find a SD-40 to make the Denzel locomotive...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Cool locomotives. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren D Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 2 hours ago, Dave Van said: Nice work! I caught part of 'Unstoppable' on TV the other night. Made me want to find a SD-40 to make the Denzel locomotive...... You'll need a SD40-2 and may have to do some kitbashing. It's been 10 years but I seem to recall there are 3 short hood lengths, IIRC, this one is the short version. Kato made the SD40-2 in medium and one other, can't remember if the other one was the short version or the long one. I do know I did replacement hoods on several in my fleet. (there are 3 more not shown) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Back in the day I kitbashed Tunnel Motors and DDX40 locos......so not out of the realm if I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) Nice work, and nice to see varying levels of weathering. The brighter repainted or repaired areas on the nose of 3771 are a nice touch. I've seen a lot of that kind of thing in reality over the years. Anyone who watches trains at all should have noticed every locomotive (or car) looks a little different, even occasionally a shiny new or repainted/rebuilt one in a chain of grotty ones. Did you also add the air hoses, coupler lift-bars, chains etc.? Edited March 8 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Nice work on the weathering and nice photography too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren D Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Nice work, and nice to see varying levels of weathering. The brighter repainted or repaired areas on the nose of 3771 are a nice touch. I've seen a lot of that kind of thing in reality over the years. Anyone who watches trains at all should have noticed every locomotive (or car) looks a little different, even occasionally a shiny new or repainted/rebuilt one in a chain of grotty ones. Did you also add the air hoses, coupler lift-bars, chains etc.? Thanks, yes, 3771 had a freshly re-painted nose when I saw her. I suspect it had the red and white stripes before. the NECR on 721's cab also appeared to have been newly painted when I saw it. I added the correct air hoses, lift bars, MU connections, ditch lights, horns, etc to represent the look at the time I took the photos. The appearance of some had changed from the time I started the model till the time I completed. I stuck with the photos I had, I guess I would be constantly making mods as their appearance seemed to constantly change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 1 minute ago, Warren D said: ...The appearance of some had changed from the time I started the model till the time I completed. I stuck with the photos I had, I guess I would be constantly making mods as their appearance seemed to constantly change. Railroad modeling has that in common with modeling race-cars as they appeared at a particular event. There were almost always differences from one race to the next, and sometimes even during a particular race...like cooling scoops and hoses added for a driver, or damage. I think I only have one EMD SD, either a 7 or a 9, as my layout (not built yet) is set in about 1959...but yours sure make me want to get more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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