Getting some GP28's to the paint stage. Almost there.
Jul 31, 2021 13:43:24 GMT -8
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Post by fishbelly on Jul 31, 2021 13:43:24 GMT -8
I have been wanting to build a GP28 or two or four or five for a VERY long time. I had built a Mopac one a few years ago and never finished it.
Then I started my new railroad. The Cairo Port Terminal & Chicago Railway and their last locomotive purchase was a fleet of about 30 GP28's. originally they were going to sit with full size fuel tanks and I was happily going along my way building them. I had gotten up to finishing the sill unit and then put them away and started two ICG GP28's with the short fuel tanks. On those I finished the frame and fuel tank work. After a while I lost interest in the ICG project and swapped the frames to my PT&C project. I like the look of the GP28's much better with the shorter fuel tank.
Currently the project is finished being painted, decaled and the finished varnish coat applied. I only have to complete the model work and paint and finish the hood.
What you see here is the hoods almost completed. The work that is left to do is to plug and re-drill the grab iron holes and carve out the brake cavity and install a Cannon brake cavity. Then I can get this model in a primer coat and get the paint work started.
Items to take note here. Inertial intakes are phase Ia1 short version. To do this I had to cut the Cannon part into four pieces, shorten the screens and then splice it all back together. To do two shells it takes six packs of inertial intakes. I wanted to add something a little different to one of the models. You will notice the fan grill in place on the leading edge of the shell to the back. It is not glued in, but rather just setting in place. This is a grill from the Atlas SD24 model. The inside face of the fan base had to be thinned to get the grill to set in properly. This is the same type of fan that would be used on a phase III GP9. Since these are GP28's which is a non-turbo version of the GP35, I had to remove the turbo exhaust and replace it with a bolted on hatch. This hatch is a Cannon turbo exhaust with the exhaust stack cut off and filed. Took me a few passes to get the seam lines filled and sanded. I was able to be successful at filling and sanding.
Then I started my new railroad. The Cairo Port Terminal & Chicago Railway and their last locomotive purchase was a fleet of about 30 GP28's. originally they were going to sit with full size fuel tanks and I was happily going along my way building them. I had gotten up to finishing the sill unit and then put them away and started two ICG GP28's with the short fuel tanks. On those I finished the frame and fuel tank work. After a while I lost interest in the ICG project and swapped the frames to my PT&C project. I like the look of the GP28's much better with the shorter fuel tank.
Currently the project is finished being painted, decaled and the finished varnish coat applied. I only have to complete the model work and paint and finish the hood.
What you see here is the hoods almost completed. The work that is left to do is to plug and re-drill the grab iron holes and carve out the brake cavity and install a Cannon brake cavity. Then I can get this model in a primer coat and get the paint work started.
Items to take note here. Inertial intakes are phase Ia1 short version. To do this I had to cut the Cannon part into four pieces, shorten the screens and then splice it all back together. To do two shells it takes six packs of inertial intakes. I wanted to add something a little different to one of the models. You will notice the fan grill in place on the leading edge of the shell to the back. It is not glued in, but rather just setting in place. This is a grill from the Atlas SD24 model. The inside face of the fan base had to be thinned to get the grill to set in properly. This is the same type of fan that would be used on a phase III GP9. Since these are GP28's which is a non-turbo version of the GP35, I had to remove the turbo exhaust and replace it with a bolted on hatch. This hatch is a Cannon turbo exhaust with the exhaust stack cut off and filed. Took me a few passes to get the seam lines filled and sanded. I was able to be successful at filling and sanding.
