GEC's Layout Progress

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Well, I now have another NJ Transit Diesel (GP40FH-2) to add to the roster. Some of you have been following my EoY contest thread. Once again, disappointed with what I brought to the table, although, this time, it wasn't for nothing (the catenary i had up for the last contest was not the catenary i have up now).

However, I have made progress still on this engine- finished the decals short of a NJ state seal (they don't make those, but i have a friend who may be able to produce one). If i can get that, I'll add the American flags to the side as well. I either lost or broke my smaller drill bits, so i couldn't quite add my grab irons to the side, but i DID add the ladder. Luckily, I had pre-drilled the grab iron locations on the nose, so i installed them with A-line Grab irons. I also touched up the paint a little, though i'm going to have to mask off small areas to paint the "kick plates" accurately.

One more detail i overlooked, the rear markers on the GP40FH-2 are the same bug-eye markers as on the nose. I'll have to drill out the rear ones and use the spares from my nose kit to fill them in. not a big detail, but its the little things that add together to make a model look nice.

I wish i could have started with a new shell, but that wasn't ever going to happen.

here are the most recent pictures.



You can see the fan blades pretty good. this model is coming out nicer, i just need to dull cote it or something. that way, the finish will match up right. the shine is no good for this model.