P48 for Cotton Belt: Roster addition SW1200
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Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
I just couldn't resist doing this with the two GP9's and SD9 I have (with apologies to The Frost Report).
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
A bit of progress on the GP9 and is now starting to look like an SSW/SP variant.
Some detailing on the chassis, namely tank straps and adding a strips of styrene to represent the channel longitudinal chassis beams.
Construction and addition of fuel tank brackets.
Construction of the Farr air filter as applied to some SP (GRIP) rebuilds.
Construction of the SP style headlight package and headlight housing. The red tape is car headlight repair tape which I have cut to represent the mounting plates for the Gyralight and Mars lights. The grab irons were also added and trimmed back to leave the nut/bolt casting. I will be making the grab irons from brass wire. This is the short hood.
This is the long hood with the rear number boards filled in, the SP headlight package. And yes the headlight housing is a different style to that on the short hood.
Some detailing on the chassis, namely tank straps and adding a strips of styrene to represent the channel longitudinal chassis beams.
Construction and addition of fuel tank brackets.
Construction of the Farr air filter as applied to some SP (GRIP) rebuilds.
Construction of the SP style headlight package and headlight housing. The red tape is car headlight repair tape which I have cut to represent the mounting plates for the Gyralight and Mars lights. The grab irons were also added and trimmed back to leave the nut/bolt casting. I will be making the grab irons from brass wire. This is the short hood.
This is the long hood with the rear number boards filled in, the SP headlight package. And yes the headlight housing is a different style to that on the short hood.
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Some more work today.
Addition of the marker lights, P&D brass lift rings and home made grab irons bent up from 0.5 mm brass wire.
Short hood
Long hood
A bit of detail on the battery box hinges to represent those on the SP GRIP rebuilds
New pipework for the air tanks
And here's how the GP9 in looking thus far
Addition of the marker lights, P&D brass lift rings and home made grab irons bent up from 0.5 mm brass wire.
Short hood
Long hood
A bit of detail on the battery box hinges to represent those on the SP GRIP rebuilds
New pipework for the air tanks
And here's how the GP9 in looking thus far
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Some more work today. The cab this time.
Arm rests (scratchbuilt from styrene)
Cab ventilators (styrene surround and Plano HO etched louvres cut down to size)
Sunshades (scratchbuilt from brass channel and sheet)
Door handles (P&D cast brass)
Both sides of the cab are identical
After looking at one of the earlier 3/4 views of the loco it appeared the Farr air filter box sat a tad too high. I have now corrected this by cutting the box out and lowering it slightly and to me this now looks right.
The white taper plugs in the pilots are styrene rod to fill the unwanted footboard holes. The taper plugs were formed by holding the styrene rod over a flame to soften it and then gently pulling it apart to stretch it.
By the way the cab, body and sill are separate sub assemblies and will be stuck together once the model has been painted.
Arm rests (scratchbuilt from styrene)
Cab ventilators (styrene surround and Plano HO etched louvres cut down to size)
Sunshades (scratchbuilt from brass channel and sheet)
Door handles (P&D cast brass)
Both sides of the cab are identical
After looking at one of the earlier 3/4 views of the loco it appeared the Farr air filter box sat a tad too high. I have now corrected this by cutting the box out and lowering it slightly and to me this now looks right.
The white taper plugs in the pilots are styrene rod to fill the unwanted footboard holes. The taper plugs were formed by holding the styrene rod over a flame to soften it and then gently pulling it apart to stretch it.
By the way the cab, body and sill are separate sub assemblies and will be stuck together once the model has been painted.
allegheny1600
Western Thunderer
Hi Dave,
It's been very nice to read through here and see your progress, very comendable it is too.
It's hard enough for me to keep the comitment to US outline let alone to P48 so I'll just wish you all the best!
Cheers,
John.
It's been very nice to read through here and see your progress, very comendable it is too.
It's hard enough for me to keep the comitment to US outline let alone to P48 so I'll just wish you all the best!
Cheers,
John.
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Some more detail added....
To the both sides of the sill.
New fuel filler (Precision Scale cast brass)
Fuel sight gauge (styrene - home made and it shows......
. Photo enlargements are cruel!)
Emergency fuel cut off switch (again styrene - home made)
To the long and short hood - new EMD GP/SD sand filler hatches (P&D cast brass)
To the both sides of the sill.
New fuel filler (Precision Scale cast brass)
Fuel sight gauge (styrene - home made and it shows......
. Photo enlargements are cruel!)Emergency fuel cut off switch (again styrene - home made)
To the long and short hood - new EMD GP/SD sand filler hatches (P&D cast brass)
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
I've now fitted the etched steel replacement grilles and steps received from Des Plaines Hobbies last week. I didn't realise these were available until I was reading through a P48 article a couple of weeks ago.
The steps
The grilles
Broadside view
I haven't fitted the radiator shutters yet and when I do I'll turn them to a slight angle to represent them partially open. Neither have the short hood steps or the rear cab steps have been fitted as one mounting point is on the sill and the other on the body (the sill and body remain separate sub assemblies at present).
Radiator shutters, short hood and cab steps.
These next to photographs show where the steps will go.
Short hood - you can see the mounting points for the steps
Cab rear.
The steps
The grilles
Broadside view
I haven't fitted the radiator shutters yet and when I do I'll turn them to a slight angle to represent them partially open. Neither have the short hood steps or the rear cab steps have been fitted as one mounting point is on the sill and the other on the body (the sill and body remain separate sub assemblies at present).
Radiator shutters, short hood and cab steps.
These next to photographs show where the steps will go.
Short hood - you can see the mounting points for the steps
Cab rear.
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
I think I'd better not post any more pics of my locos. They're looking pretty basic compared to this one!
P48 is about so much more than just swapping out the wheelsets!!
Carry on posting pics Jordan - I like to see the US stuff.
As it happens I'm only applying the same amount of detail as I did to my HO CN GP9. I still would have done the same if it wasn't P48.
Perhaps I should have built (dare I say) a british diesel kit.
Then I wouldn't have to modify/detail it so much to be road specific.
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
The down side to that being that on a UK Forum there are far more Know-Alls around to pick you up on every single teeny little thing....Perhaps I should have built (dare I say) a british diesel kit.
Nerdy Voice /on:-
"Er, I think you'll find.... 37 108 didn't actually have a tea stain from the Driver's side window on 11th May 1976...."
Nerdy Voice/off.
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Oh yes it did.........
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Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
So if I posted this picture on NerdyrailUK.com they could tell me the date, day and time it was taken
. For the record this is one of my photos taken on a winter Friday in 1983 around 16.00 hrs and fading light (I was studying in Stoke at the time waiting for the 16.17 Euston train). Location is obvious and the Stoke boys obviously wanted to let everyone know 25 276 was their loco. This is one I won't be building
. GP9's rule although a SP SD9 would be a good model.
Steph Dale
Western Thunderer
Interesting bogie plate wagon behind the loco...
Steph
Steph
AJC
Western Thunderer
It is - one of the rebuilt Trestle EDs (with air brakes and Y25 bogies).
BR Air brake Trestle, and coil runner, XVA, RRA, BOA, RXA BXA Diag XV005A
Tricky thing to model since there's no covering for the underframe framing. Pity.
Adam
PS - nice work on the GP9 by the way.
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Is there an SD9 even available? The more locos you want, the more you realise just how little is actually made in US O Scale 2-rail
It's quite incredible how strangled the 2-rail side is by 3-rail production. The situation in the US is quite the opposite of the recent boom in O here in the UK. 
Big Train James
Western Thunderer
At a minimum, MTH has sd9 on the market. I don't know about it's degree of prototype fidelity, but expectations are low.
And then there is the Sunset/Third Rail version currently in the works. I believe it should be in production soon. Guessing ~$600 a piece. Nice models. Proto specific detailing. Single motor drive.
Brass models have been done in the past. I've seen them but I don't know much about them.
And then there is the Sunset/Third Rail version currently in the works. I believe it should be in production soon. Guessing ~$600 a piece. Nice models. Proto specific detailing. Single motor drive.
Brass models have been done in the past. I've seen them but I don't know much about them.
soo4513
Western Thunderer
I think the MTH SD7 is a reasonably accurate body shell, I had a dummy unit many moons ago to convert in SOO2381 but sold it on before starting. There were some 2 rail versions made if I remember correctly - Jason Dickie will know.
Turning the loco into a scale model, wouldn't be that difficult P&D Pat is selling red caboose GP9 frames on ebay which would give the pilots. Trucks and drive might be a bit an issue though or if Atlas had SD40 trucks that might work..................just some thoughts
Colin
Turning the loco into a scale model, wouldn't be that difficult P&D Pat is selling red caboose GP9 frames on ebay which would give the pilots. Trucks and drive might be a bit an issue though or if Atlas had SD40 trucks that might work..................just some thoughts
Colin