Additional motive power

[River Witch 14]

Sometime ago I felt the need to add some additional motive power to my layout so that i could alternate them.
My first diesel was an EMD SW7 so I decided to stay in that area. I really could not find what I was looking for so I decided shop for what
I needed. I contacted Athearn parts dept and got a SW7 shell and handrails. I then went to ebay where I got a complete SW7 and a SW7 chassis.
My first step was to cut the cabs so as to the blue ends onto one cab. The yellow ends were retained for the box cab. After putting the cab back together
and locating it on the frame I then cut the shells to fit on the frame. I then added hand rails and some commercial castings. Lastly I repainted it black
with a PRR maroon top and yellow lettering and weathered it.

For the box cab I used the yellow cab ends along with .040 styrene to make the body and roof. Again I added commercial castings, repainted it in the same colors as the
offset cab unit and weathered it.

Enjoy
BobS

[tomustang]

Nice kit bashes

[River Witch 14]

Thanks Tom
They were fun builds
BobS

[tomustang]

No problem, the rusty weather really pulls it together. Fun is what it's all about