hey everyone
i just recently purchased a brand new kato sd40-2 NS low nose, I wonder if anyone knows which detailing parts I need, basically everything other than ditch lights, say about 1984 time era engine. I have a general list, but I need some help.
thanks
I can’t really give you any NS specific help, but with any detailing project, your best bet is to get photos of a real locomotive, as even within a railroad there can be variation in detail. The Walthers catalog is a good resource, as are online stores that have pictures next to the items so you can browse. Even if you don’t buy online, you can use some internet stores as a reference.
Detail Associates, Details West, Precision Scale, Cannon, and others make quite a variety of detail parts. For me it’s usually a matter of looking at a photo, finding what’s on the real diesel that’s not on the model, and then figuring out which company’s detail part I need to reproduce it.
all locomotives will have the basic details such as mu cables and hoses and the proper fuel filler and fuel tank detail. details west and detail associates will have these parts, and the road will spec out an order with items such as roof top ac units a myriad of antenaes etc. heres a valuable resource www.rr-fallenflags.org scroll down to the Ns and click on NS
and then look for the unit number that you want to model
tom