Kato and Athearn

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You should be able to do it but I'm sure you'll have to rig up something to hold the Athearn shell to the Kato frame. I'm sure that Josh or one of our other modern diesel modelers will be able to give you more details.
 


It might work. I just recently put an Athearn SDP40F shell on a Proto 2000 E6 chassis with very little modification. I just had to cut off a 1/4" of the P2K frame. The shell is held in place by a little dot of Super Glue on the side.
 
Yes, if you're willing to re-work that shell majorly. The Athearn and Kato Dash 9's are quite different. You might have to modify the chassis a bit too.
 
If something is worthwhile to you, you make it work. I've put together some locos that were real shotgun weddings but they worked out in the end.
 
Not really. Buy an Athearn Chassis if you really want the Athearn shell. It'll be much easier to swap out the motor and gearing.
 


Even if it's not relevant to anything in this thread except the title, here are two pictures I took some time ago to illustrate the Athearn and Kato versions of the GP-35. It definitely is Athearn 3635, Kato 2370! Don't say the Kato is better because it has number boards; I added them.

athearn.jpg


kato.jpg
 
very nice pictures, have you ever thought about installing a coin wash on those rails!:Dlol
 
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