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Last night I finally was able to get the proto 2000 chassis along with the weight to fit into Kaslo's SD60F shell. Had to make a few mods to both, but nothing to hard, some minor milling is all. Hopefully more to come soon. Just saw that front isn't all the way down when I took picture.
seems like I need to get my butt in gear on this project
As you can see from older pics I had a 3/16 groove milled on side of the weight where there used to be a half round groove before. After filing down thickness of 3/16 styrene strip so it would slide easier in groove. I drilled a hole in end of styrene to accept screw from the proto shell. Inside the shell I super glued a total of .140 of sheet styrene to inside of each side.
Leaving the 3/16 styrene in the groove, held against frame with the screw I added a little bit of super glue to each side and then slide the shell over the chassis and weight and held with a little bit of pressure till super glue set up. Removed the screws and pull the shell off of chassis.
all I need now is to make the hole to accept coupler boxes smaller in the front and rear pilots. Have to add .080 x .080 styrene to top edge and probably fill down some to make flush.
I also drilled out the fans on rear as the molded in ones looked like crap. Will be using Cannon & Company Fans. Drilled out a series of small holes just inside of the original fan. Using a nipper I cut out rest. Using a step Drill I bought at Harbour FreightI enlarged hole untill new fans fit. all done by hand (cuts easy)
Thanks for kick in butt. Going slow but is getting done, hopefully painted and running by end of year. My goal at least.
I am thinking of taking the plunge too but not sure yet. Never used resin kits before.
Never started something on that scale, from scratch, painting etc..
Your pics gives a real good look at making one. A great way to get "the feel" so to speak.
I wonder if the shell would fit on a BLI SD40 frame....I know it would not be
accurate but it's for my short-line...
I bought the shell back in Jan 07... I have spent alot of time just thinking of what and how to do this...All I know is that when this one is done, my next SD60F will be a breeze.
You know with that BLI SD40, you might consider a SD40-2F instead
Doug, great work so far. Don't worry, drilling out the number boards isn't hard. Just make four holes and use your file to square it up after the plastic is gone. I've done a number of these and they came out fine using some clear styrene to back up the hole. Whatever you do, don't even think about doing this with a Dremel. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
sorry guys, going slow now as bow hunting season started, Kinda put on back burner for now but i have done a few things will post a few pics in a couple days
I have one of those Kaslo kits to put together and it's been so long since I bought it that I can't remember if it is a SD50F or SD60F. I'm looking forward to seeing the progress of your project.
I bought the shell back in Jan 07... I have spent alot of time just thinking of what and how to do this...All I know is that when this one is done, my next SD60F will be a breeze. You know with that BLI SD40, you might consider a SD40-2F instead
I cheated and used the kit 'advised' RPP SD50 chassis/drive and installed it backwards (with the cab notches on the frame to the rear) It worked well. You've gone the extra mile and I'm sure you'll be awarded with a better model than I...
well I actually have put on back burner for awhile till after bow hunting season... sorry guys. Plus I also had thw swine flu few weeks ago, and then to top it off last week I had a kidney stone.OUCH!!
I cheated and used the kit 'advised' RPP SD50 chassis/drive and installed it backwards (with the cab notches on the frame to the rear) It worked well. You've gone the extra mile and I'm sure you'll be awarded with a better model than I...
you did an awesome job an that engine, the paint job is awesome. Did you use decals or paint the white stripes on side? I had planned on painting mine.
well I actually have put on back burner for awhile till after bow hunting season... sorry guys. Plus I also had thw swine flu few weeks ago, and then to top it off last week I had a kidney stone.OUCH!!
you did an awesome job an that engine, the paint job is awesome. Did you use decals or paint the white stripes on side? I had planned on painting mine.
Thanx. I did use decals, but in retrospect I should have painted them because there were so many. If you notice the space between them gets greater as it nears the cab, thats cuz the early Kaslo models had cabs that were incorrectly too small, and I didn't noticed til I started decalling....back to front... grrrrrr
Kaslo has fixed the problem, but you should check your model to make sure you have the 'repaired' shell.
grrrrrr
