Embarking on GE's...

[tomustang]

Got side tracked and started paying more attention to the SD40-2

[tomustang]

A bit more touch up and the handrails installed:



Perhaps I'll get back to the GEs now

[tomustang]

Look at that, I actually did go back to working on the GE's done with the painting and decaling on the Dash 8-40B, almost done with the U30B

[tomustang]

More progress, got a lot done. I had to extend the deck on the U30B. On the B23-7 i need to make window ports on the side of the cab or just get a strip of styrene and give it the "plugged" look, only problem is the plugs and windows are roundish so Ill have to think of something.

[tomustang]

Ended up grabbing some athearn drivetrains and throwing them in the U30 and 8-40, they run great. all I need now to make them look good is the Hand Rails and Sideframes for the trucks

[Gary S]

You do some quality work, Tom. How hard is it to put on those large decals on the sides of the locos?

[tomustang]

The microscale ones aren't bad at all, but the Champs are much older and prone to tearing, I have to be very careful handling them. One of the things you can do with the older decals is to spray them with a decal bonder to help them not rip, but i haven't tried that yet.

With the bigger decals I throw a bunch of water over the area I'm applying to and then position it into place gently with my hand or by picking up one of the sides with a pair of tweezers if it's able to move freely. After it's in position I'll dab it with a damp paper towel to get it in place. As opposed as the smaller decals I set it in place and then take the end of a paper towel and get it close enough to the decal to absorb the water from it, then roll over the decal so it says in place.

[Gary S]

Your decal technique definitely works, because the results are wonderful. I'm not a Conrail guy, but those locos look terrific.

[tomustang]

Thanks for the kind words Gary, as always I like the 3 foot rule too



A quick photo of the U30B and 8-40C with the drivetrains in, donated from some athearn gp-38-2's, luckily the one had the handrail/detail pack for a U28B and it fits the U30 perfect



I only need to get side frames for the GE trucks and some nickel silver wheels and the lower half will be done

[conrailmike]

Are you going to super-detail any of these? They look pretty good so far

[tomustang]

I will when money allows it

[tomustang]

Slowly working on these, haven't had much time to do any modeling, a bit of work on the numberboards:

[tetters]

That is some spiffy looking motive power Tom! Nice work on the paint and decals.

[Puddlejumper]

Looking great Tom!