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Post by slowfreight on Oct 15, 2017 23:33:24 GMT -5
When I first bought my GO Transit equipment, all that was available was the Atlas GP40 and Athearn cars. The GP40 very much doesn't have correct details. And since it didn't have HEP, you couldn't run the train unless you had a HEP power car. So I built one out of an Athearn BB F7B. Well, with my new Genesis GP40-2L, the BB power car (which still hasn't received decals) just can't cut it anymore. I am now building Round 2, starting with an Intermountain F7B and a bunch of proto photos that I've collected over the last few years. Unit is further along than in the photos below, and should receive primer tomorrow soon. (I figured out this morning a detail I still need to add over the end doors.)    |
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Post by backshophoss on Oct 19, 2017 21:05:50 GMT -5
You could use the original power car as a coach yard power supply.
I take it that triangle shaped piece is the muzzled exhaust stack.
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Post by slowfreight on Oct 19, 2017 22:35:05 GMT -5
Ready for primer.   I hit it with primer, and the plugged portholes didn't pass muster, so I'll have to do some touch-up with the spot putty and reprime before painting. |
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Post by slowfreight on Oct 19, 2017 22:37:18 GMT -5
You could use the original power car as a coach yard power supply. I take it that triangle shaped piece is the muzzled exhaust stack. No, it's the air intake. Stack is the round stack-like thing. |
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Post by slowfreight on Jun 16, 2018 17:24:21 GMT -5
Just realized I never posted the results. I made my own decals, and completed both the original (#800) and the new keeper (#802)  Completed units:   Comparison of end details. It's much easier to research obscure prototypes today than it was in 2005 when I built the first one. I had two photos in the Diesel Spotters Guide, vs. about a dozen good detail shots this time.  700 and 800 have moved on to new homes. Meanwhile, 726, the GP40, is finally cycling through the shop for detail upgrades. |
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Post by backshophoss on Jun 17, 2018 21:15:17 GMT -5
Nicely done,if memory serves,the GOT HEP was 575 AC Volts 3 phase standard
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Post by justGO on May 26, 2019 17:24:11 GMT -5
I found this thread and your work really inspirational. Plus your attention to detail helped make sense of many of the old photos I had gathered of these units. As you probably know reference is hard to come by, especially the roof. I ended up making these in N scale if I get a chance I'll upload some images.
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