TheRailwire
General Discussion => Weathering, Detailing, and Scratchbuilding => Topic started by: tom mann on September 28, 2009, 10:19:58 PM
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Tim made this some time back.
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Nw4xaMvyMv0/SsFZm-xptOI/AAAAAAAAXkM/Xxzp0-iRTaI/s800/_DSC1599.jpg)
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Nw4xaMvyMv0/SsFZmU12BAI/AAAAAAAAXkA/odLEMy6gelU/s800/_DSC1596.jpg)
he did a nice job with the conversion.
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A MILW detailing note. The MILW did not have chains which permitted walking between locomotives, it was all railing (or I have seen it with nothing there). SoOmething easy to do to capture the MILW flavor.
FWIW.
Jason
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Love the rusty trucks and the electron microscope images of the etched wipers!
Frank
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A MILW detailing note. The MILW did not have chains which permitted walking between locomotives, it was all railing (or I have seen it with nothing there).
nice observation.
BTW, if you do a search on "milwaukee sd10" in google, the first result is this:
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showphoto.php/photo/5759
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Nice job on the conversion Diezmon and on the weathering (Tom?). Is this N scale (I know that Tom likes to be mysterious about the scale of things)? What was the starting point for the conversation? I love the looks of the small fuel tank Milwaukee Road locos, and the SD-10s in particular. It really reinforces the poor quality of their track. The SD-10s are a bit too new for my current thoughts on era, but I still want to build one.
Best wishes, Dave
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Giddyup! I was wondering what you might do to that unit, Tom :)
Damn dude, you even added detail to the windshields! ;D
The unit is an older LL SD-7. I chopped the tank, added the air tanks, and lowered the short hood. BTW, for those of you who start with this unit, it's a b*tch to lower the short hood because the mech is in the way. it can only be lowered to the point where you hit the drive train.. so it's actually a WEE bit high still. The hardest part was how the MILW had their number boards stick up above the cab roof.. putty and sanding ;)