05-20-2013, 03:59 AM
I am doing another GP7u but this time with a so called angled roof (Topeka Cab). I am a fan of shopped noses even that might stretch my timeframe of 2005 one or two years into the past... 
(I think the term "Topeka Cab" is misleading because the Geep conversion has been made in the Cleburne, TX shops after the CF7 series was over and not in the Topeka, KS shops)
Base is an Proto 2000 Santa Fe GP7. The cab is a modified (shortened) Athearn RTR CF7 cab. Unfortunately are the side window a bit off the center with that method but it ensure a good roof shape.
![[Image: file_zps2ceaf842.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/Misc-2/file_zps2ceaf842.jpg)
![[Image: file_zpsa3422dcc.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/Misc-2/file_zpsa3422dcc.jpg)
Next is no number boards in the nose, no head lights in the cab and no dynamic breaks at all. A friendly CF7 donated a roof with stacks and the correct radius at the sides.
![[Image: file_zps896a05af.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/Misc-2/file_zps896a05af.jpg)
Plan change, I will do the 1356. That moves the headlight back to the cab and get a clean nose when the putty has set. the foot boards etc. have been replaced by plain plates.
![[Image: file_zpsde1995a5.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/Misc-2/file_zpsde1995a5.jpg)
(I think the term "Topeka Cab" is misleading because the Geep conversion has been made in the Cleburne, TX shops after the CF7 series was over and not in the Topeka, KS shops)
Base is an Proto 2000 Santa Fe GP7. The cab is a modified (shortened) Athearn RTR CF7 cab. Unfortunately are the side window a bit off the center with that method but it ensure a good roof shape.
Next is no number boards in the nose, no head lights in the cab and no dynamic breaks at all. A friendly CF7 donated a roof with stacks and the correct radius at the sides.
Plan change, I will do the 1356. That moves the headlight back to the cab and get a clean nose when the putty has set. the foot boards etc. have been replaced by plain plates.
Reinhard