DakotaLove39
Always Improvising
Hey all. I'm planning to play catch-up with my SD9 and add some details to it, using this picture for reference:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=426602
I've mostly just got some questions about the actual parts I'm looking for.
Are the winterization hatches fitted onto SD9s the same as the ones on GP7's/GP9's? I'm hoping the thing fits snug inbetween the hoses on the roof since these are molded into the shell on the model an carving isn't my best skill.
I have gone looking for horns like the ones in the picture with no results. I don't know the type name, and nothing involving "SD9" turned up any results like those. I'm thinking I may have to cut down a pair of GP38 horns to match, right? The two SD9's in the background do not have horns like #6127 does.
The exhausts are weird. Does the prototype have some sort of baffling on its exhaust stacks or something? Again, the background SD9's don't have these.
Last, I seem to be unable to find white BNSF decals to put on the cab, and the same goes for the proper unit number decals. (Mine is #6147)
I'm not terribly nitpicky with details, but I like to atleast have similar appearances. I never thought I would care about making my models look like their real-world counterparts, but looking at pictures of BNSF GP38-2 #2099 and seeing how my model of it is similar has sparked that desire.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=426602
I've mostly just got some questions about the actual parts I'm looking for.
Are the winterization hatches fitted onto SD9s the same as the ones on GP7's/GP9's? I'm hoping the thing fits snug inbetween the hoses on the roof since these are molded into the shell on the model an carving isn't my best skill.
I have gone looking for horns like the ones in the picture with no results. I don't know the type name, and nothing involving "SD9" turned up any results like those. I'm thinking I may have to cut down a pair of GP38 horns to match, right? The two SD9's in the background do not have horns like #6127 does.
The exhausts are weird. Does the prototype have some sort of baffling on its exhaust stacks or something? Again, the background SD9's don't have these.
Last, I seem to be unable to find white BNSF decals to put on the cab, and the same goes for the proper unit number decals. (Mine is #6147)
I'm not terribly nitpicky with details, but I like to atleast have similar appearances. I never thought I would care about making my models look like their real-world counterparts, but looking at pictures of BNSF GP38-2 #2099 and seeing how my model of it is similar has sparked that desire.
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