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    My Athearn C44-9W SP UP Patch Super Detail and Weathering Project

    it really depends on how detailed you wanna go.. but usually parts and labor between $50-$150 roughly... once we discuss what you wanna get done, then ill let you know ahead of time, how much it will be:)
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    My Athearn C44-9W SP UP Patch Super Detail and Weathering Project

    the cab pops off... its pretty easy to do...but taking the glass out is a nightmare! zgardner18.... thats what i do actually.. i build these and sell em..and have repeat customers who send me locos and i detail, weather, and send em back.. ive done about 6 so far... getting better each time...
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    My Athearn C44-9W SP UP Patch Super Detail and Weathering Project

    thanks everyone!! and here are the part numbers... details west DS-230 Detail Set contains the Following Parts: Snow Plow (PL-233) "Salem" Air Dryer Filters With Mounts & Pipes (AF-237) Bell (BE-238) Rear Recessed Sandfiller Housing & Hatches (SF-241) Brake-Vent Regulator...
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    My Athearn C44-9W SP UP Patch Super Detail and Weathering Project

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    My Athearn C44-9W SP UP Patch Super Detail and Weathering Project

    and i kinda forgot to continue with the picture taking process....lol...so i missed the last few steps..the buttoning up of everything, the masking, decaling, and airbrushing, and pastels...but heres the finished product
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    My Athearn C44-9W SP UP Patch Super Detail and Weathering Project

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    My Athearn C44-9W SP UP Patch Super Detail and Weathering Project

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    My Athearn C44-9W SP UP Patch Super Detail and Weathering Project

    hello all! just thought id post some (lol..alot) pics of my latest project.. a patched dash 9... what a pain in the butt! :)
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    BNSF Dash 9 4 window cab mod...How hard?

    ive done a details west conversion as well..and used the windows from a sd70..looked pretty good.... but came across this the other day... looks to make life much much easier http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/Cannon-and-Company-Locomotive-Detail-Spartan-Cab-Sides-4-Window/item191-1506.html
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    Need help detailing Athearn RTR GP units

    if i were you, i would farmiliarize yourself with detailswests website:) lol.. they have a TON of detailed pics and parts numbers of whats used! for your geeps, heres a great link to help you start http://www.detailswest.com/emd.htm ive done quite a few sd units...havnts done a geep yet...
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    How do you mount DW traction motor cables

    on my sd70 and sd75's... i mounted them to the underside of the walkways (since they were seperate pieces from the rest of the shell... i glued the walways to the frame so it wouldnt move around when taking the shell on and off...ive never done a MAC, so i dont know the shell differences as to...
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    lets try this for best of show

    i saw this layout in last years best model railroads magazine.... amazing layout! loved the pic with a DD40X leading a train and 3 sd40t-2's waiting patiently to cross the bridge...
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    MRFX C&D Cars - 41 in this batch (TONS of pics)

    WOW!!! amazing work!!! they all look amazing, id have to say i love the trucks the best.. i love how there are a few with replacement wheels and fresher rust.... attention to detail x1000 ... love it love it
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    Athearn Accessories?

    nah... a tell tale sign if it being a BB athearn is the metal handrails.... and i can tell most of those details are details west parts...
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    Athearn Accessories?

    personally, i install the parts, then hand paint them after... especially if the model is prepainted like yours... if its an undecorated model, then i would install all parts, then airbrush, and hand paint the touch up work..
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    the start of my BNSF collection..many pics

    thanks guys...... ive only been back into it for 2 months....so alot more time to go:) not to mention im only 27... so im still young:) and those are 12" spawn action figures down there
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    the start of my BNSF collection..many pics

    thanks alot!! ive been keeping up on your super fleet.. i envy you!! hahaha.. alot of locos i really want!! as for the weathering.... it was literally my first time trying it.. i used........... chalks (grimy black, medium rust, and dark earth) paints ( model masters rust, grimy...
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    the start of my BNSF collection..many pics

    5th... santa fe #3806 gp40x (athearn rtr) still needs, clean up weathering (snow plow too rusted), and bnsf patch and here is a few pics of all of them...plus my athearn rtr bnsf ac4400 that im in the process of detailing, and my athearn genesis bnsf sd75m that i have a...
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    the start of my BNSF collection..many pics

    4th... bnsf #8284 (athearn genesis) still needs, finish super detailing, add handrails, medium weathering and dullcoat
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    the start of my BNSF collection..many pics

    hahahahaha... yeah, unfortunatly, my daughter dropped it last night, and bent the snow plow and broke off the ditch light, aslo broke the front handrail.. all will be fixed today..... i wasnt done adding pics, but i didnt know the mods had to review my thread before posting it.. so here are...




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