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Converting A C44-9W Into An AC44C6M/AC4400C4M

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Posted by caldreamer on Saturday, March 3, 2018 12:48 PM

Thank you for the complements. Very easy conversion.  The building is the Walthers N scale Americna Hardware Supply kit, built as the Anchor Brewing Company.  The actual Anchor Brewery is on Mariposa Street in the Pretero distict of San Farncisco.  I copies their emblem, made a decal and put it on the water tank on the roof.

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Posted by mbinsewi on Friday, March 2, 2018 10:23 PM

BigDaddy
Nice, I like the buildings too.

Yep, looks good.  Ooops! it looks like the hand rail on the engineers side slipped. Those darn big hands from above!  Laugh  Same happens to me, and I'm in HO. !

I can't imagine N. 

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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, March 2, 2018 10:17 PM

Nice, I like the buildings too.

 

Henry

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Posted by caldreamer on Friday, March 2, 2018 9:25 PM

OK, you asked for pictures.  Here they are.  I am afraid the BIG fingers from above tilted the cab a little.  Sorry about that.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsrrman/38774366680/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsrrman/38774391510/in/dateposted-public/

 

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Posted by mbinsewi on Thursday, March 1, 2018 9:20 PM

Yea, pictures would be cool.  The biggest noticable difference is the invertor box on the conductor side.  It's longer.

Another is the vents below the cab on the engineers side.

http://www.finnmoller.dk/rail-usa/loco-guide/

Mike.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Thursday, March 1, 2018 5:48 PM

This thread needs a picture of the finished product so we can go oooh and ahhhh

Henry

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Converting A C44-9W Into An AC44C6M/AC4400C4M
Posted by caldreamer on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 9:40 PM

My conversion was done in N scale.  This is one of the easiest kitbashes that Ihave ever done. The parts needed are:

  • One Kato C44-9W shell
  • One Kato AC4400 shell

All you need to do is replace the AC4400 superstructure with the one from the C44-9W.  If you would like to make it into the BNSF AC4400C4M version you will need a set of Fox Valley Models trucks for the ES44C4 locomotives which are drop in replacements for C-C trucks on the Kato models.

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