PARKINGLOT
Canadian Railfan
Well, I think for a first post, this will be a doozie. I'm 22, and in the last 6 months I've gotten back into model railroading, thanks to my father-in-law and brother-in-law. I actually went to my 2nd train show in years this last sunday. When I was first in model railroading, I was probably like 10 or 11 years old, as lots of other boys are. I had one of those "eaZy" track layouts, that I expanded a little. Nothing big. Recently, to get back into it (as I gave the little pieces I had away when I lost interest) I bought a cheap Model Power CN GP9 off e-bay for a whopping 5 bucks or so. New-in-box, but still, kind of a cheap loco (I wasn't going to spend big bucks on my first purchase back into the hobby) I also picked up a CN boxcar during a trip with my FIL & BIL to the local hobby store. That's my entire rolling stock, for now. I'm planning on picking up a bunch of rolling stock in the near future, once I get this issue sorted out.
I drive truck for a living (great job for a 22-year-old), I actually pickup and deliver new cars from various factories and railyards (hence part of the layout I'm planning)
What I would like to do, I'm planning on purchasing a "nicer" CN GP9, and what I would like to do is, turn my Model Power GP9 into a yard slug. I've already got the locomotive and slug in mind I'd like to model (CN #7210 GP9, and Slug #254, rebuilt from a GP9), as I've seen it plenty of times at the shipping yard at the GM plant in Oshawa, On.
I plan to get some bi-level auto carrier rolling stock, and I want to model that loco-slug setup.
My question is, how would I do this? could I cut up the body of the Model Power unit? I would I need to use other materials? I wouldn't mind keeping the lights working, if possible, but that's not a huge concern.
Any and all help would be appreciated, thanks!
I drive truck for a living (great job for a 22-year-old), I actually pickup and deliver new cars from various factories and railyards (hence part of the layout I'm planning)
What I would like to do, I'm planning on purchasing a "nicer" CN GP9, and what I would like to do is, turn my Model Power GP9 into a yard slug. I've already got the locomotive and slug in mind I'd like to model (CN #7210 GP9, and Slug #254, rebuilt from a GP9), as I've seen it plenty of times at the shipping yard at the GM plant in Oshawa, On.
I plan to get some bi-level auto carrier rolling stock, and I want to model that loco-slug setup.
My question is, how would I do this? could I cut up the body of the Model Power unit? I would I need to use other materials? I wouldn't mind keeping the lights working, if possible, but that's not a huge concern.
Any and all help would be appreciated, thanks!