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General Discussion => Weathering, Detailing, and Scratchbuilding => Topic started by: tom mann on September 28, 2009, 10:19:58 PM

Title: milw SD10
Post by: tom mann on September 28, 2009, 10:19:58 PM
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.
Title: Re: milw SD10
Post by: wcfn100 on September 28, 2009, 10:34:39 PM
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
Title: Re: milw SD10
Post by: amato1969 on September 28, 2009, 10:47:05 PM
Love the rusty trucks and the electron microscope images of the etched wipers!

  Frank
Title: Re: milw SD10
Post by: tom mann on September 29, 2009, 08:57:40 AM
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
Title: Re: milw SD10
Post by: Dave Schneider on September 29, 2009, 02:29:00 PM
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
Title: Re: milw SD10
Post by: diezmon on September 29, 2009, 03:04:20 PM
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  ;)