Conrail GP15-1 build... JUST DO IT.

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Dave,

I've been looking for several articles that I had saved on the GP 15-1 and how it was painted to back up my statement about the glare panel, but of course can't locate them. Also have several railroad personnel that operate on my model rr and they are always chastising me for the two Walthers GP 15-1s that I have with the black glare panels along with the other mistakes on those units. Anyway as you said you like the look and its your railroad so enough said .

Bruce

Thats how it always is, isn't it? I've been trying to organize my always expanding library for years, and i still can't find half the things i read.

I hope so, since I've met some who think modeling isn't a hobby but more of job to them inwhich everything must be right

To me, when it comes to details, I'm not nearly as much of a stickler as i may sound, but the way i see it, if you have an engine straight out of the box, then people shouldn't give you crap about it. People only have a certain level of time, skill, and caring about a particular model. I have about 70 locomotives now, and probably only a fraction of them have gotten any form of special treatment beyond a DCC decoder and knuckle couplers (if that). Thats not to say i don't enjoy running them (or watching others run their models), and i don't blame people who don't have 100% accurate models, because i don't run them 100% accurate either.

the only time i'll go out of my way to engineer some awesome modification is if the unit is special and has a stand-out detail (U34CHs have nose lights, some Reading and PRSL GPs have bi-directional cabs, Amtrak E60MAs have high number boards and strobes, etc). Even then, its more a personal thing for me, because now i have something special and its something i can be proud of. Sure, if i see anyone making any of these units, i'll throw my 2 cents in, i don't think any less of anyone for their work (unless it causes that engine to derail during club open houses )

In the end, you're right, its no fun trying to make everything perfect. sometimes its better to just run the thing and enjoy it. If i see someone building a particular engine, i'll share what i know, but as long as it runs and looks just as good as it did out of the box, its golden.