Hello again. This post is for me to finally be able to post some pics. The first was one of my favorite projects that I did a while back (about a year ago). It’s a Rail Power GP-60M that I painted in the Maersk scheme. Time ago, I was browsing through the PPW-ALine website and saw the decals for this locomotive, they also had a completed model posted; needless to say, I instantly fell in love. Shortly after, I ran into a nice deal on ebay on an undecorated GP-60M shell/chassis, and had to persue the project. I know that athearn has released this model not long ago, but as many of you out there know, theres no describing the pride one gets from building and decorating a model from the ground up. The engine is your typical RPP shell, I added A-lines etched steps, grab irons, cabshades, smokey valley handrails, although I only used the stanchions and bent my own handrails from brass wire. I had also bought a details associates super detail kit for an ATSF GP-60M locomotive and added most of those details (snow plow, horn, antenna, and such). It has stock Athearn power trucks and motor and a constant intensity headlight unit (not DCC yet). I haven’t completed the model 100%, I still need to add the rest of the details from the super-detail kit and I need to modify the fuel tank on the frame, it needs to be shorter and I need to add fuel tank details (fillers, gauges, etc.). Still, I’m very happy with what I’ve done so far and I look forward to completing my project in the coming weeks. Thanks for looking and any comments are appreciated.
