Hello all,
Just wondering if any of you knew where I could find detail parts for a kato chessie sd40. I’m assuming it is an older one with the road #7557. I bought it used and it runs good so I want to fix it up and get it looking right. For some reason it came with blue hand rails and black trucks and fuel tank (which i will be painting before weathering). I’m trying to find side trucks and what not, the ones that came on it have no break detail at all, no cylinders or anything. I can find all of the mu hoses and stuff but im having trouble finding the side truck details. any suggestions??
Most of Kato’s SD40 and 40-2 parts are out of stock at Kato http://www.katousa.com/parts-catalog/information.html They do have some brake pistons for the HTC side frames (not side trucks), I think all of the Kato SD40/40-2 brake pistons are the same, The sprue also has brake lines but they may not fit the SD40 so you might have to bend your own out of brass wire.
As for other detail parts, Detail Associates and Details West are your best candidates. Having a Walthers catalog on hand with all the parts illustrations is worthwhile. DW has a pdf catalog you can download (google it), Walthers and other online retailers have illustrations for DA parts.