Go with Athearn, great detail, and they do have flashing ditch lights for road specs that have em like CSX,NS. The Athearns run Tsunami sound,and you will really enjoy having one, You can't go wrong with an Athearn ACe.
Correct as EMD 3 prior to being patched for GMTX it served on BNSF Coal trains alot so it was nice and dirty before it got the patch.
Heres the Final Weathering hopefully i'll be getting better at this.
Enjoy
The Trucks are originally blue,but have and crap load of dirt on em if you look close blue specs are on the trucks. EMD 3 is the original SD60 with radial trucks. Thanks on the top of the nose cause I didnt know it was black.
Well heres my version of GMTX SD60 9041, and my second attempt at weathering,and I like how its came out. All that needs to be done is to add ditchlights the lettering an numbering an a few other details.
I had no parts fall off while stripping or painting this unit,the parts are very sturdy on my Athearn ACes an I tend to be heavy handed at some times so it wont be an issue for ya,and its not hard to replace the lights. People tend to lie about the parts being fragile. I do Prefer the Gray Units...