EMD's DD35 in N Scale

Continued....

Ok so the prints came out the Goo Gone, all the wax fuzzed up and I brushed it of with a tooth brush. And they look fab. However, please note my 1/2 candle power lighting in my loft and my phone camera don't capture this as well as it deserves.



Over all it looks great, there are a few bits of tiny detail that did not come out but those are model issue that have now been fixed.

I still have some fuzz to get out of the fans.



The side grills have also come out well, one again its just the remaining fuzz to get rid of. I also struggled to get the door detail to come out in the photo.



The end with the brake wheel looks fab.



And the steps up the ends also came well, as did the headlights.



So what next?

Well, I have just handed the loco and shell over to Bobthebear, he has much better lighting on his layout, who will be painting and putting on decals, then weathering up. So by next weekend we should have some great photos of a finished DD35 in N Scale.

To be Continued.....

 

James, that's awesome. Maybe at some point you can come back to the states and run that over Tehachapi? ;-)

 

Hay jagged Ben, Thanks. I would love too, the GSMRM is perfect for big power and long trains, but I'm guessing you would rather see it in SP colors?

-James

 

I am a UP fan and have always been fascinated with the period when they went for BIG power. I would think there would be a market for the shells if you went to make them with 3-D printing.

 

Looking really good! Will be excited to see you painted product.

 

Continued.....

So earlier today I was lucky enough to catch, fresh out of the paint shop, EMDs new DD35 No.90B as roled past the coal mine along with a grubby U50 No.51 on its way to its first train...







I'm shore after a few trips, it will soon start to look not so clean!:teeth:

So, how did we do?

-James

 

Thanks. Entry #15 shows plastic strips superglued to the top and bottom, plus a spacer glued to one side only, so it can be disassembled for servicing.
Thanks for your interest.
Oh, by the way, it is supposed to be not as tall as the U50, which was a monster!

 

Well.........talk nicely to James!

 

Hemi, normally I would say yep I would do that, but in thus case it would be unfair to this chap, as he has already done one.

https://www.shapeways.com/shops/amr

An EF3a and EF3b.
(Although a set of DD35s would still look better :teeth

-James

 

So I just popped out for Lunch, and to my surprise, there was 90B again sat at the yard tower, this time with some smaller power top and tail....









I heard the engineer on the walkway, say 'that thing is huge, do I really have to walk that far!'

-James

 

On the way home I was walking on the overpass above union station and there it was again, DD35 90A, this time with DD40AX on a coal drag....







Happy days!

-James

 

James, that looks amazing! I have been wanting a DD35 for years! The conversion doesn't seem too difficult either. All we need is the DD35A and we'll be all set, but that shouldn't be that hard to kitbash form yours

 

Thanks Orion, Actually the DD35A should be ready just after Christmas, I just need the time to get the modeling done.

The DD35, hopefully, after a few little changes to the model will be available after this weekend, In three kits.

1. A single DD35 to be put on a shortened Bachmann chassis.
2. A pair DD35s to be put on shortened Bachmann chassis's.
3. A single DD35 to be put on a shortened Bachmann chassis and a dummy DD35 that will just need wheels and couplers.

Hands up who wants one!

All the kits will come with instructions on how to modify the Bachmann DD40AX chassis.

And possibly, if anybody is interested, bobthebear and myself may be willing to do complete models "ready to run" We are still working on that but they won't come cheap as they are labor intensive.

When the kits are ready I will post up a link.

-James

 

That looks great Mike, looking forward to a thread on it, lots of pictures please .

-James

 

Sounds great! I look forward to it!