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

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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

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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

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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. [;)]

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

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SD30 T-2

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SD-U33-C2

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But with flared radiators?

jeremy

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Skipped past that part - flared radiators, now that would be cool![:D]

Sean

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I’ll admit I’d like to see a SD30

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Check out this link:

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

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

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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.

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

—jps

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

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B40-9

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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.

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

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BNSF GP90MAC

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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

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