I made the RP shell into a high hood and used Cannon & Co high hood ends because the RPP were not good and used a Athearn cab because RPP cab is not great either. I just cut off the headlamp and rear over hang used a GP-38-2 cab. The main issue is on the Athearn frame the coupler mounts need to be filed down to almost nothing and are needed to secure the body to frame . Plus the coupler screw due to the design of the athearn frame can't be tapped and fit the screw from the bottom it would need a nut at the top. Once I did a Athearn GP38-3 blue box and cut off the coupler mounts and glued in styrene stock to touch the frame then drilled the frame so I could tap the plastic to secure the body then built up the shell with styrene behind the pilots to mount the couplers. The ideal on the GP38-2 was not mine It came from an old MRR magazine because of the 4 tabs that secure the gp38-2 to the frame are a pain and do break off also did this to a few Athearn SD tunnel ports because I didn't like the pins that held the shell to frame. The GP-35 frame is a bit different yet I think I can do the same thing just use one screw front and rear in the center or possibly two because that part of the frame is not real wide maybe the smallest brass counter sunk screws will work 0-80 I think I used 0-72 on the GP38-2's they may work of this frame.
I have maybe 12 HO diesels I'd like to detail and paint and decal . 4 are Blue box 2 SD40-2 a Gp38-2 low hood a round house box cab and others I kit bashed a C420 low nose and a Atlas FP-7 shell riding on a home made brass frame with Kato Blomberg trucks , a Baldwin VO -1000 I made from two Athean BB Baldwin shells to get the proper hood width riding on a concor SW-7 modified frame which has Kato trucks. A RS-3 hammerhead from a round house RS-3 shell and frame . There are others I forgot.
Any thought's? I'd post a photo yet photo bucket now has their banner covering every thing and my old PC that has all the photo's before PB won't boot think it's a memory card they did work now one of the 2 might have an issue.
I have maybe 12 HO diesels I'd like to detail and paint and decal . 4 are Blue box 2 SD40-2 a Gp38-2 low hood a round house box cab and others I kit bashed a C420 low nose and a Atlas FP-7 shell riding on a home made brass frame with Kato Blomberg trucks , a Baldwin VO -1000 I made from two Athean BB Baldwin shells to get the proper hood width riding on a concor SW-7 modified frame which has Kato trucks. A RS-3 hammerhead from a round house RS-3 shell and frame . There are others I forgot.
Any thought's? I'd post a photo yet photo bucket now has their banner covering every thing and my old PC that has all the photo's before PB won't boot think it's a memory card they did work now one of the 2 might have an issue.
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