CNR Bachmann GP9

[sailormatlac]

Matt...the horn is on the end of the long hood.....tons of pics here....go through each of the GP9 albums...plenty of green&goldloco pics

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Gene, thanks for the link, cnrphotos has been my favourite reference for years now.
I particularly like this one and will try to reproduce it as much as I can: http://www.cnrphotos.com/gallery2/main.p...emId=44288

Horn are located just behind the stack near the cab. Talk about a strange location!

I actually totally stripped the paint from unit 1725 and I'm seriously thinking about stripping 1701 too. And repaint them in CN wet noodle. THere's too much discrepancies on Bachmann rendition of Green and gold scheme. Color isn't right, most yellow stripes lack the thin black dividing lines and "Canadian National" isn't located in the right place. Erasing that lettering over louvers and doors won't be done without serious harm to the paint job.
When I stripped unit 1725, I found out it was rather thick. On the other hand, I was able to easily take off the numbers with a fine wet sandpaper and 70% rubbing alcohol. Also, I found out my Microscale decals aren't the same shade of yellow... Definitely a no go for me.

At this point, I need 3 GP9 to operate the layout: two in wet noodle, 1 in green and gold. I have a few options:

1) To strip paint my 2 Bachmann units, detail them and repaint them in wet noodle. A fairly straighforward job.

2) Get another Bachmann GP9 at lowest price possible, strip it, detail it and repaint in the green and gold. It would be a "good" occasion to boost my mediocre airbrushing skills. Honestly, if there was a class about airbrushing, I would be first to take it.

3) Get a pricey but fairly accurate P2K GP9 in green and gold, detail it, renumber it and call it a good deal once weathered.

Gosh!

On a side note, I must admit I was really pleased with Bachmann parts break up. It is really well engineered and easy to assemble.

I'll take a few pictures as I progress in this endeavour.

Matt