CNR Bachmann GP9

[sailormatlac]

Really nice job. I like it.
As far as getting it to look protypical, modelers have been dealing with Athearns "close enough" models for years. Its only recently that Athearn has been getting thier shells more protypical with correct width, grills in the right places and correct amount of engine room doors. The re-tooling of their GP-35 and finally actually modelling a GP-9 insted of the GP-7 and calling it a -9 are two examples.

Thanks. Funny you mention the Athearn GP9. This set will replace a set of old BB Athearn (well, they serve us well!).

When I started in this hobby many years ago, getting a decent model looking like the real thing was enough for me. That means a close enoug cab, general shape of the hood, paint scheme, etc. Moving from trainset F9 to a Athearn Dash 9 was a great deal of improvement. Imagine when I bought a P2K GP18 when I was 15 years old!!! Wow! (and it was full of "mistakes"!) I think we learn to appreciate little details with the time and that OK. Trying to bite more than you can chew at first isn't always a good thing. I think this Bachmann set is the "close enough" models of our years and a good way to improve doing little things right like installing brass and wire details better than just using a blob of CA!

Matt