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Post by craigz on Jul 6, 2023 6:14:09 GMT -8
My model of Soo 2228-A. I built it on an undecorated Proto F7 non dynamic model. The plug for the upper headlight was turned by a friend who also helped me with the number board decals and the antislip stripes atop the nose. The other decals are Microscale. Horns and strobe are Athearn brass parts; the strobe is temporary until I get the appropriate Soo part from Paul Strubeck. Winterization hatch is the Highliner part from my parts box; it matched the prototype better than the Proto part. The model's not finished yet so it's not clipped to the drive with the side window inserts, and no couplers. It's going to get Loksound in the near future. To my knowledge only two F units suffered this disfigurement - Soo 2228-A and Rock Island's F2A #49. I build the Rock unit on a Bowser/Stewart undec non dynamic F3A shell with a Stewart drive.  |
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Post by riogrande on Jul 6, 2023 6:46:42 GMT -8
It looks so weird without the typical nose light missing at the top of the nose. Definitely unique.
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Post by 12bridge on Jul 6, 2023 7:17:22 GMT -8
Very nice!! Your strobe will be on its way today!   |
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Post by wictl on Jul 6, 2023 7:42:06 GMT -8
A great model of baldy. The Soo 2228A had that strange, weird look without that upper light.
Darin Umlauft
A WC, SOO and GBW fan in Slinger, WI
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Post by lvrr325 on Jul 6, 2023 10:08:48 GMT -8
Is the nose door stock Proto? The headlight rim looks thick for some reason. I'm not that familiar with these models, they don't turn up used very often.
It looks good, though, I guess as good as a shaved light F unit can.
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Post by cera2254 on Jul 6, 2023 11:06:53 GMT -8
Really just makes you wonder: why? That’s an awful lot of labor compared to welding a piece of plate over the bottom housing. The Rock one is even more of a head scratcher, they certainly did not have the money to spend on frivolous things. All that being said, this is a very well done model!
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Jul 6, 2023 11:16:44 GMT -8
Really just makes you wonder: why? That’s an awful lot of labor compared to welding a piece of plate over the bottom housing. The Rock one is even more of a head scratcher, they certainly did not have the money to spend on frivolous things. All that being said, this is a very well done model! Both units were wreck rebuilds. |
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Post by craigz on Jul 6, 2023 11:30:08 GMT -8
Is the nose door stock Proto? The headlight rim looks thick for some reason. I'm not that familiar with these models, they don't turn up used very often. It looks good, though, I guess as good as a shaved light F unit can. Yep, it's stock Proto. I looked hard at fitting the Highliners part but I didn't think it was going to fit terribly well. |
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Post by lvrr325 on Jul 6, 2023 13:05:03 GMT -8
Really just makes you wonder: why? That’s an awful lot of labor compared to welding a piece of plate over the bottom housing. The Rock one is even more of a head scratcher, they certainly did not have the money to spend on frivolous things. All that being said, this is a very well done model! I also would imagine on inspection of the real deal, you will find a bunch of body filler in there. |
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Post by cemr5396 on Jul 6, 2023 15:25:24 GMT -8
Really just makes you wonder: why? That’s an awful lot of labor compared to welding a piece of plate over the bottom housing. The Rock one is even more of a head scratcher, they certainly did not have the money to spend on frivolous things. All that being said, this is a very well done model! Both units were wreck rebuilds. so they were damaged and they fixed everything except for the upper headlight? Not saying it didn't happen but that makes very little sense to me. |
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Post by hudsonyard on Jul 6, 2023 15:37:15 GMT -8
Both units were wreck rebuilds. so they were damaged and they fixed everything except for the upper headlight? Not saying it didn't happen but that makes very little sense to me.
SOO did a lot of wacky home rebuilds/repairs, the boys in shoreham were problem solvers.
I've seen Bob Rivards models of these units up close, yours looks as good as his, great work!
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Post by lvrr325 on Jul 6, 2023 17:47:46 GMT -8
It's likely they weren't using the upper headlight location by that point. So they smoothed it over.
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Post by Colin 't Hart on Jul 6, 2023 21:57:28 GMT -8
Both units were wreck rebuilds. so they were damaged and they fixed everything except for the upper headlight? Not saying it didn't happen but that makes very little sense to me. Why do you doubt it? It’s exactly what happened. If you’d bother to Google the road number you’d find lots of photos and information about this particular unit. |
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Post by lvrr325 on Jul 6, 2023 22:46:55 GMT -8
The reason for two headlights on E and F units was so one could house a warning light such as a Mars light. Because of the mechanism these used they'd get put in the upper opening. When Soo discontinued using these they installed a metal plate in the top opening.
When this one got wrecked it was 20 years old and not something they were going to spend much money on. So they just cut off the damaged housing. Looking at pictures the headlight area is capped off with a piece of metal that is fairly flat compared to the nose contour. The model may actually be too good, it looks more rounded and finished there. But it could be the photo angle too. Rock Island's nose job also has a noticeable lack of shape in the center. It appears only a few of their F's were delivered with the warning light, and others had it blanked similar to Soo's.
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Post by craigz on Jul 7, 2023 3:51:24 GMT -8
so they were damaged and they fixed everything except for the upper headlight? Not saying it didn't happen but that makes very little sense to me. SOO did a lot of wacky home rebuilds/repairs, the boys in shoreham were problem solvers.
I've seen Bob Rivards models of these units up close, yours looks as good as his, great work!
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Post by craigz on Jul 7, 2023 4:07:44 GMT -8
It's likely they weren't using the upper headlight location by that point. So they smoothed it over. If one looks at the unmutilated Soo F units of the 70s, that's what was going on. The upper lights were blacked out or painted over red. |
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Post by soolinerr on Jul 7, 2023 8:46:54 GMT -8
It just looks wrong, but it put the engine back in service as quick as possible.
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Post by riogrande on Jul 7, 2023 8:49:08 GMT -8
It does look wrong after seeing so many F units with the nose light for so many years. It almost looks foreign.
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Post by slowfreight on Jul 8, 2023 6:06:08 GMT -8
Craig, this is a family forum, and if you're going to show such hideous disfigurement and horror pictures, we will have to lock your account.
It was bad enough when the prototype did it. We didn't need to revisit it.
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