BQ23-7 Build Thread

[3rdboxcar]

Hi all

Sorry for not keeping up with the thread.

Thanks to John and Phillip for the pictures showing their work.

Thanks also to John for putting the link to MRH, something I should have done but at the moment seem to be running fast to stand still.

As for windows I am still thinking on that one, I think they will just have to be cut out individually, Shapeways do a sort of clear plastic which I have used for windows for my Horizon cars but I do not think the material is good enough for cab windows.

Look forward to seeing your finished work.

If anybody has suggestions on improvements that are possible please ask.

Alexander

[3rdboxcar]

By the way,  you Family Lines modelers, did you know that ONE unit (#5138) had a window on the nose?
Plated over by CSX days.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=935550

That has answered my question, that only one unit had the nose window, the Model Railroader drawing shows the nose window and the small side windows.

If anybody would like a body with these in place please ask and I will do one, or even a plated over B unit, one of the great advantages of 3D, individual mods are relatively easy to do.

Alexander

[u18b]

Alexander,
I would be interested in the one like you have now-- with the triangle windows added if possible.

I would also like a plated over version.

So that would make two I would buy from you.

As a CSX modeler, I don't need the extra window on the nose.

[3rdboxcar]

I would be interested in the one like you have now-- with the triangle windows added if possible.

I would also like a plated over version.

I will start working on, should not take too long.

Alexander

[3rdboxcar]

Ron

Were the cab door windows plated over as well on the "B" units?

I am planning on leaving the cab arm rest on as I have noticed some did not have them removed.

Alexander

[sizemore]

I dont have bestine .. nor know where to get it ..

IIRC Michaels by Horrendous Mills has it. There is also a privately owned paint/craft shop in Annapolis proper that has it too.

The S.

[Catt]

Alexander, all of the B-units ended up getting the windows plated over ,on some of the Bs the patches were metal finished and some just got plates welded on then got painted.

If you are planning to do the cab with the small side windows I think I will wait for those.

[3rdboxcar]

all of the B-units ended up getting the windows plated over ,on some of the Bs the patches were metal finished and some just got plates welded on then got painted.

If you are planning to do the cab with the small side windows I think I will wait for those.

Hi Johnathan

It was specifically the rear cab door windows I am unsure about, I have found one picture of 3006B that shows the engineers side rear cab door still intact so I think I will leave them in unless somebody with more specific information can help.

The cab with the small windows is complete and uploaded to Shapeways but there is a problem with the shop pages and models are not showing, they are working on it. For want of a better description it is called BQ23-7 cab V2.

Alexander

[3rdboxcar]

Hi all

BQ23-7 "B" is now uploaded to Shapeways.

Cab with triangular window - http://www.shapeways.com/model/1195040/bq23-7-cab-v2.html?li=productBox-search

Cab with windows plated over - http://www.shapeways.com/model/1195095/bq23-7-b.html?li=productBox-search

Alexander

[u18b]

Excellent!!!

[Catt]

Excellent!!!

+1

[John]

IIRC Michaels by Horrendous Mills has it.

Yup .. got a lifetime supply of it

[Philip H]

So I'm too lazy to take pics tonight (!) but with the cab and long hood now secured to the frame, I thought I'd tsrt on detailing this little show piece.  FOund the cards for my BLMA 15 and 18 inch grab irons - but not the little baggies of same.  Nuts.  I did manage to use the molded grab irons to  locate and drill mounting holes for the others, so that's progress.  Anybody got any idea which width is needed, or is it a bend your own sort of deal?

I also drilled out the headlight openings and drilled dimples for the class lights using the printed ones.  These will be non-working MV lenses so I can keep my sanity.

Finally, my razor saw made quick work of the anticlimber per Ron's documentation.  Now to install the ditchlights, hoses, etc.

[u18b]

Can't wait to see it Phillip.

Thanks for blazing the way on this.

[Ike the BN Freak]

Did any of these ever make it into pool power? Or into the PNW?

And which cab would correct for mid 90s?