Bachmann's Geep

[jwb]

Here's my finished Bachmann GP50 as Southern 7003. All I did was lube the motor and drive train, use paint remover for plastics to remove the road name and number lettering, weather the chassis, mask off the gray band and repaint the rest of the body Engine Black, carve off the cast-on handrail and lift lever on the pilot, add decals, modify the coupler pockets for Kadee long-shank scale heads, and add plows. Without a flywheel, it's still an adequate runner for switching, though GP50s were meant mostly for intermodal. The new striping and lettering distract attention from the major detail issues.

I'm still making up my mind whether I want to do more of these.             On one hand, it's a $30 loco. On the other hand, it's more than a week of evenings/afternoons to get it to an acceptable state.