This is JSR 111. I came up with a fictional shortline so I can run Alco power. I wanted a scheme that was easy to mask and paint. It is kind of based on Minnesota Commercial. I liked the GATX markings so I added them on. 111 and 112 are Alco 630s and will be used to move a Utah coal from BN Jamestown yard to a power plant on JSR trackage.
Nick, Not yet. In between working 70+ hour weeks, I have found some time to work on them, but not to completion. The first hangup is that the decal set supplied for the primer unit was not designed for the nose of a widecab GE, but rather for a Spartan cab EMD. That shouldn't be a problem; just cobble the decals together to cover the nose, as I had enough to do the job. The problem was that the decals are not opaque enough, and when overlapped, the overlapping stripes on the nose showed through. It looked terrible. The other problem was that I had to order new CV noodle decals. They arrived last night. I should be able to work some more on the blue unit this weekend. I ordered new decals for the primer unit (KCS AC4400 decals) last night as well. The color of the ex-KCS stripes was also incorrect. The new decal set should fix that.Also, small overlaps with Microscale decals do not show, if lined up correctly. Are you asleep yet? In time, they will see completion!
Well I know what you mean about 70+ hours. 3 jobs will do that to you lol. Cant wait to see them finished
Teaser: The primer unit cab is being redone, due to a decal problem. The CV unit is just about done, a few touch-ups, and it's off for a blast of dullcote.
I'm not sure if this is fantasy or opinion...... These were among the first custom anythings I did. Actually just a little custom decal work....
About 12 years ago my friend and I painted some locomotives for a guy and he wanted a Metra (Chicago Commuter Rail) SD90MAC. Funny about a year later we saw it in the consignment case at a hobby shop we frequented. Oh well.
Sweet! Ya know, D&RGW was never fond of GE motive power, and stuck exclusively with EMD till the end, after a couple of experiments wth othe builder's products... So that SD70MAC or ACe would be a natural progression. The AC4400CW looks great--I suppose you could say that D&RGW took over UP, and repainted the yellow with Aspen Gold!
Very Nice! Scheme, thanks! Hemi - you never let up, oh, wait, neither do I. < bemused grin > If I could I'd commission an AC4400 in DRGW. Maybe some day. Of course, first it would have to be UP, then Patched, then DRGW. Hmmmmm, some day.
Well when you think about it D&RGW was the company that bought Southern Pacific. So technically they did end up biting the GE bullet and buy AC4400s (which were eventually assimilated into Uncle Borg).
Pull the pins from the first driver set and let them free wheel. On concor 4-8-4's the running gear actually rotates the first set of drivers. They are not gear driven. It runs much better if you let them free wheel and glue a fake pin head to the running gear. Once you do this the drivers may have some lateral play. This can be alleviated by taking some small plastic washers, cutting them and slipping them between the frame and the driver on each side. The suggestion I was given was to use the washers MT provides for putting between the bolster and driver that are used to for spacing when adding MT trucks to some cars. You may need to play with this a bit, but it sure helped. If you don't like this, you can always re pin the drivers. Whoever thought that plastic would work well to rotate a driver set or that this was even an option for N scale should be slapped. Also, a TCS decoder really helps smooth these out. I dumped the Digitrax and put in a TCS and it ran a lot better.
