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bigford · « **on:** August 21, 2009, 12:22:16 AM »

EMD DD40-B Unit Kitbash?

ok guys my spectrum dd40 had a nasty crack in the cab so now the cab is gone

and i want to make it into something like this...

anybody have a spare body or is there a flat back half if a train that would match the flat side of the dd40

CBQ Fan · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2009, 06:36:56 PM »

If it is an older release you may be able to pick up the whole unit for a good price now that the new ones are out. Will Bachmann sell you a cab as parts?

bigford · « **Reply #2 on:** August 24, 2009, 04:13:56 PM »

ya this is the second run spectrum version

i'm hoping to find another dd40 for a good price or i'm gona start chopping plastic

cv_acr · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2009, 01:34:00 PM »

The proto pic is of course a DD35B, not a 40. I don't know if there were also prototype DD40Bs, but the fact that there were B unit versions of the DD35 sets a plausible precedent for a "what-if" version of a DD40B. Should be an interesting kitbash of a big locomotive.

davefoxx · « **Reply #4 on:** August 26, 2009, 02:02:03 PM »

I'd start by finding a spare shell and cutting the other end off and grafting it in place of the cab on your model. Admittedly, I'm a non-expert who has not closely examined the prototype, but wouldn't the unit be roughly symmetrical end for end, less a few minor details like the brake wheel? Could at least provide a start and you fix the details.

Hope this helps,
Dave Foxx

bigford · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2009, 10:49:26 AM »

just won a spare shell off the bay!!! ;D
now STRIP IT STRIP IT STRIP IT

not a bad paint job for $10.50

bigford · « **Reply #6 on:** September 13, 2009, 04:10:08 PM »

ok i got the second body
stripped it,chopped it, primed it stuck her on the chassie
let me know what you think

Ed Kapuscinski · « **Reply #7 on:** September 14, 2009, 06:15:19 PM »

I think that's probably how I'd do it.

Did you see the great article on the DD35s in this month's Railfan & Railroad?

wazzou · « **Reply #8 on:** September 15, 2009, 12:34:16 PM »

Are you going to address the fans and the radiator grilles to get the correct number and spacing?

bigford · « **Reply #9 on:** September 15, 2009, 03:12:02 PM »

two fans removed the extra grills were sanded off
i'm trying to build this like EMD would have after a wreck of a dd40

Packer · « **Reply #10 on:** September 16, 2009, 04:04:49 AM »

I guess it's a little late now, but you do know where the DD40's cab came from, right? An F45/FP45. Either way, I think it's looks pretty good.

Had it been me, I'd have gone for the extreme; a DD45XB. Instead of having 2 16-cylinder 645E3As, it would have had 2 20-cylinder ones. Think 2 SD45Xs put together, 8,400 hp!!!

bigford · « **Reply #11 on:** November 01, 2009, 10:56:05 PM »

well the dd40-b rolled out of the paint shop today
not under her own power :-[

bigford · « **Reply #12 on:** November 02, 2009, 06:41:58 PM »

after the first trip to the decal shop :

thin red strips suck to do

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