EMD BL1 was steam generator equipt. My Lifelike BL 2 was equipt with everything under the sun but, it did not have a steam generator. Must I build it from scratch, or is there a aftermarket available? From what company.
Are yo doing Bl1 499?
Some BL2s were NOT equipped with Steamies, those were requested by the buying companies themselves. the onl reason I can think of for 499 to have one at all is to haul a business car for demonstrations.
Yes, there should be an Aftermarket part in the Walthers cataog, g to www.walthers.com and search for steam generator.
I hought these were under the hood of the loco?
EDIT: Here you go: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/247-209 I may have to order one too…
By the way, the BL1 put both horns on the roof, the Lifelike’s I’ve seen have one on the short hood and one on the long hood. Dump those. While your at it, loose the wire radiator on the rear of the long hood. The only BL2s shown in EMD’s BL2s were Rock Island’s. And by hood, I mean the narrow almost a hood carbodies.
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Thank you for helping me twice with my BL 1 project. It seems that Lifelike did a great job in adding detailbut, omited the steam generator.
Thank you for the help with my BL 1 project, I hope I can be of help to you some day.
That they did, I am surprised that a Generator stack wasn’t rolling around in the extra parts for the BL2, or maybe I’ve just never seen it or figured out what it was.
And you’re quite welcome. I throughlly enjoyed my Bl1, when I could get the decals to function properly. I’ll see about getting some pictures up, but having been reading what I’ve turned up in helping you, I’ve found a few details I want to go back and change, that I didn’ know of. I had mine “done” before I had the concrete info I’ve shared now, I need to change the horns around too.
There’s very little on BL1 499, but if you enjoy BL2s in general, there’s a small booklet I mentioned in my previous post, EMD’s BL2 from the Diesel Data series. little grey thing, but has a lot of pictures in it.No color, but if you wanted to detail another BL2, be a good way to go.