What diesels would you like to kit bash but the prototype does not exist?

[brothaslide]

juby4life had a great photo of a kit bashed SD40-T2M. Obviously there is no prototype for this engine but it was a really great model.

Personally, I would love to kit bash a DD90MAC-AX in SP colors. It would be a behemoth of a model.

What engines would you love to kit bash for which no prototype exists?

Sean

[Anonymous]

If I had the money that would be cool looking. I did have an idea of putting a wide cab and flared radiators on a GP60 or 50. Finding the parts though is proving difficult but I think I'll keep looking and give it a try.

Thanks,
Jeremy

[AntonioFP45]

If I had the detailed info, I would take two HO Athearn PA1s and kitba***hem into a New Haven Railroad EP5a. [:D][8D]

As a teen, I met a gentleman in the Tampa Bay NRHS who did a beautiful job of one. I now regret that I didn't ask him for detailed info on how he did it. It would have been great if he would have submitted photos to MRR back then in 1981.

The tricky part of getting the basic "look" is that the Alco PA nose is too long and would have to be shortened slightly. [;)]

[brothaslide]

QUOTE: Originally posted by juby4life

If I had the money that would be cool looking. I did have an idea of putting a wide cab and flared radiators on a GP60 or 50. Finding the parts though is proving difficult but I think I'll keep looking and give it a try.

Thanks,
Jeremy

Already a prototype for a wide cab GP60 - Santa Fe had a fleet of GP60Ms and GP60Bs units in the early 1990s

[csxns]

SD30 T-2

[Anonymous]

SD-U33-C2

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by brothaslide

QUOTE: Originally posted by juby4life

If I had the money that would be cool looking. I did have an idea of putting a wide cab and flared radiators on a GP60 or 50. Finding the parts though is proving difficult but I think I'll keep looking and give it a try.

Thanks,
Jeremy

Already a prototype for a wide cab GP60 - Santa Fe had a fleet of GP60Ms and GP60Bs units in the early 1990s

But with flared radiators?

jeremy

[brothaslide]

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[XG01X]

I'll admit I'd like to see a SD30

[brothaslide]

QUOTE: Originally posted by XG01X

I'll admit I'd like to see a SD30

Check out this link:

http://paintshop.railfan.net/images/moldover/sd30.html

[Anonymous]

I have bashed an SD40T-2 with the nose from an F45. Accidents happen, and this is what the parts became.

[Anonymous]

A re-powered Baldwin "Shark" with EMD prime mover altering carbody from back of cab rearward. Think I'll do one just for heck of it.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by XG01X

I'll admit I'd like to see a SD30

Yeah, that's what popped into my head at first too.

---jps

[Anonymous]

I'm working on a rebuilt F7 it's not gonna be a CF7 i'm not sure what its gonna be

[Anonymous]

B40-9

[GDRMCo]

The DD70ACMe. It has four 2 axle trucks mounted on a pair of span bolsters. It is also slightly longer and has tunnel ears. They have master and slave controls in them so that they can have mid train helpers and end of train helpers.

[XG01X]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

I'm working on a rebuilt F7 it's not gonna be a CF7 i'm not sure what its gonna be

huh, what about a F7 cab with the CF7 long hood?

[AggroJones]

BNSF GP90MAC

[M636C]

Jeremy,

The Wide nose GP50 with flared radiators sounds to me like the MK/MPI rebuilds operated by MARC in Maryland and Washington DC. Do you still want to build one if there is a prototype? These units haven't made it into any of the "spotter's guides", since they are rebuilds, but they've appeared in news photos in Trains. They have an F45 cab and SD45 radiators (to allow for cooling a HEP engine). The frame was lengthened to accommodate the HEP set.

Peter

[Anonymous]

A DD RS-1, an RS-1 with two 4-axle trucks [:)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by M636C

Jeremy,

The Wide nose GP50 with flared radiators sounds to me like the MK/MPI rebuilds operated by MARC in Maryland and Washington DC. Do you still want to build one if there is a prototype? These units haven't made it into any of the "spotter's guides", since they are rebuilds, but they've appeared in news photos in Trains. They have an F45 cab and SD45 radiators (to allow for cooling a HEP engine). The frame was lengthened to accommodate the HEP set.

Peter

Interesting. I still might though. It looks cool in my head. But so has alot of things.[:D][:D]. The SD30 sounds cool too.


Jeremy

[M636C]

Jeremy,

There was a drawing of an SD30 in Railroad Model Craftsman quite a few years ago. It would be worth looking up for a kitbash. In the article it was pointed out that since the SD24 was already more powerful than the GP30, there was no need for an SD30.

By the way, it wasn't just the crazy GM stylists that resulted in the "hump" in the GP30. There was a very tall electrical cabinet that needed the hump, but this was changed for the GP35.

Peter

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45

If I had the detailed info, I would take two HO Athearn PA1s and kitba***hem into a New Haven Railroad EP5a. [:D][8D]

As a teen, I met a gentleman in the Tampa Bay NRHS who did a beautiful job of one. I now regret that I didn't ask him for detailed info on how he did it. It would have been great if he would have submitted photos to MRR back then in 1981.

The tricky part of getting the basic "look" is that the Alco PA nose is too long and would have to be shortened slightly. [;)]

I built one several years ago, the better shell to use is the "Trainline FA-1", it has the correct windshield and nose length.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by XG01X

I'll admit I'd like to see a SD30

That would be cool.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by XG01X

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

I'm working on a rebuilt F7 it's not gonna be a CF7 i'm not sure what its gonna be

huh, what about a F7 cab with the CF7 long hood?

I accually saw a protype photo of an animal like this on the Mexican National Railway( What ever they call it). It was built in their shops, and was the result of two loco's that were involved in and accident. Odd looking thing but it worked.

[Anonymous]

i was planning on makeing a DDAC90X

it would basically be a super long SD90MAC with 4-3 axel trucks and an extended fuel tank. it would be about 12000 HP.

i figure the 4 trucks would distribute the weight more evenly so that many railroads could use it.

as for something SP, i am currently working an an ABA set of SD90MAC-H's the A units will have the speed lettering and the B unit will have the old style lettering.

i have all the parts i need, except for the undecorated Kato 90MAC's. i need to save up a couple more pennies for those.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by emeraldisle

QUOTE: Originally posted by XG01X

QUOTE: Originally posted by CNWfan5525

I'm working on a rebuilt F7 it's not gonna be a CF7 i'm not sure what its gonna be

huh, what about a F7 cab with the CF7 long hood?

I accually saw a protype photo of an animal like this on the Mexican National Railway( What ever they call it). It was built in their shops, and was the result of two loco's that were involved in and accident. Odd looking thing but it worked.

Well, whatcha could do,is to mate the front of an F unit, with the rear of a U-boat, concoct some story about having Dash-2 electronics (DCC) , paint it in a gawd awful paint scheme for your clubs private road, and call it (forgive me) an FU-2.
oooops,,,,, I did it!! See http://users.adelphia.net/~wmry1407/FU2_resized.jpg for the beastie up close!

[Anonymous]

For reasons I don't know why, a F-10 or a E-10. I'd just like to see what carbody diesels would look like if they operated now. I'd have a pilot on the front of it like what was on the CMSt.P&P "Little Joes", and GP style doors on the side for easier engine access.

[Anonymous]

Glad to see so many mentions of my first thought, an SD-30. Though, perhaps with -2 long porches and a snoot nose, just to make it as ugly as possible...

How about this, an EMD BL-24? A stretched BL riding on six axle trucks, though kitbashing a longer body would be challenging with all the angles.

[StillGrande]

How about a solar powered steam train with a solar and back-up battery tender (or 2)

Just thinking of the next generation ACe locos.