Brilliant conversion from junk to jewel. I open out the headlight holes slightly with a number 47 drill and use the longer 1.8mm LED's for headlights. Then use Tulip matte dimensional fabric paint to stop light bleed inside the shell when I'm adding lighting. Tony.
I have plenty of Genesis, Kato, etc equipment. But lately I've been resurrecting old Blue Box and MDC and even Tyco stock and bringing them up to modern standards. Extremely satisfying and brings back memories of modeling with my late dad in the 90s.
Some months ago, I converted an old Athearn Blue Box SW-7 to DCC - installed the decoder and a Keep Alive. This involved repainting and renumbering as well. The completion of this project is documented in my video "Missing Handrails? No Problem!" In my opinion, our society has trended towards discard and replace and away from repair and improve, and I think this is a shame - there is a lot of satisfaction in taking a poor model and turning it into a stunning model. Thanks for watching - and thanks for the comment!
Wow, what a transformation ! I wish I knew you had this projcet in mind. In my junk pile I have a couple of chassis that would have fit that shell, I would have donated them to the project. keep the videos coming, it is a pleasure to what your projects.
I watch so many of your videos I finally had to subscribe. Your videos are very interesting and really help modelers solve problems they encounter and you give excellent advice. I just got through painting 100 sets of Walthers Proto 36" metal wheelsets with metal axles and 100 sets of 33". What a task. I found an old pint can of Rust-O-Leum (prob. 40 yrs old) rusty metal primer (lacquer based) and used it to paint my wheelsets a nice rusty brown. I had to thin it with some lacquer thinner. That's my go to paint for wheelsets now and I've used it on my 2 Tichy TG ore cars. I've also painted a boxcar with it as it is the perfect red oxide for boxcars. Thanks for posting and all the information you provide in the video description. Cheers from eastern TN
Thanks for subscribing! Kudos to you for painting all those wheelsets. That is a tedious - but rewarding - task. Did you use an airbrush, or did you try the method I showed in this video: ruclips.net/video/tYUxlVx8Nc4/видео.html (time stamp 3:18)
Thanks for the tips on distinguishing GP-7's from GP-9's. I was wondering about that. My Central of Georgia GP-7's don't have that dynamic brake blister. I was wondering about that also. Thanks again. I wish I'd found this video when I converted a couple of GP-38-2's (Tyco or LifeLike-don't remember) to Norfolk Southern GP-38-2's and had to find the proper snow plow pilots that they use. I had a difficult time and a lot of shims to body mount the couplers. Cheers - eastern TN
You never fail to amaze me. In fact you've been quite a source of inspiration to me and a project I'm currently undertaking - the rebuild of an old English Blue Pullman train. The task looked almost impossible but seeing you rebuild many of the models (such as the car that looked like it fell out of the ugly tree) made me realise that such a rebuild was not so impossible for me either. Thank you for your videos, they're so much appreciated.
A few years ago, I bought this digital caliper: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017KUC6XQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 This device has saved me a *huge* amount of time and guesswork over the years. It'll cost you about $20, but if you do much scratchbuilding or kitbashing, it will pay for itself many times over.
I use Evergreen canopy cement, but I expect any brand would work. I actually got this idea from Boomer - see his "Boomer Diorama" channel. He used GAC 500 by Golden for a similar application. I didn't have any GAC 500, so I tried canopy glue and worked just fine.
Three reasons - no, four: First, although the shell looks like other locomotives sold as Athearn GP7s, there are a lot of different GP7 models out there, and they are not dimensionally identical. Second, Athearn retooled its GP7s at least once, so it could be difficult to identify which underframe fits. Third, there's no guarantee that I could even buy the part. And fourth, I had all the materials and parts on hand (except for the snowplow pilot), so there was no need to buy even more parts!
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Brilliant conversion from junk to jewel.
I open out the headlight holes slightly with a number 47 drill and use the longer 1.8mm LED's for headlights. Then use Tulip matte dimensional fabric paint to stop light bleed inside the shell when I'm adding lighting. Tony.
I have plenty of Genesis, Kato, etc equipment. But lately I've been resurrecting old Blue Box and MDC and even Tyco stock and bringing them up to modern standards. Extremely satisfying and brings back memories of modeling with my late dad in the 90s.
Some months ago, I converted an old Athearn Blue Box SW-7 to DCC - installed the decoder and a Keep Alive. This involved repainting and renumbering as well. The completion of this project is documented in my video "Missing Handrails? No Problem!"
In my opinion, our society has trended towards discard and replace and away from repair and improve, and I think this is a shame - there is a lot of satisfaction in taking a poor model and turning it into a stunning model.
Thanks for watching - and thanks for the comment!
Amazing work. There is no way I would ever attempt something this complex.
Wow, what a transformation ! I wish I knew you had this projcet in mind. In my junk pile I have a couple of chassis that would have fit that shell, I would have donated them to the project. keep the videos coming, it is a pleasure to what your projects.
I watch so many of your videos I finally had to subscribe. Your videos are very interesting and really help modelers solve problems they encounter and you give excellent advice. I just got through painting 100 sets of Walthers Proto 36" metal wheelsets with metal axles and 100 sets of 33". What a task. I found an old pint can of Rust-O-Leum (prob. 40 yrs old) rusty metal primer (lacquer based) and used it to paint my wheelsets a nice rusty brown. I had to thin it with some lacquer thinner. That's my go to paint for wheelsets now and I've used it on my 2 Tichy TG ore cars. I've also painted a boxcar with it as it is the perfect red oxide for boxcars. Thanks for posting and all the information you provide in the video description. Cheers from eastern TN
Thanks for subscribing! Kudos to you for painting all those wheelsets. That is a tedious - but rewarding - task. Did you use an airbrush, or did you try the method I showed in this video: ruclips.net/video/tYUxlVx8Nc4/видео.html (time stamp 3:18)
Thanks for the tips on distinguishing GP-7's from GP-9's. I was wondering about that. My Central of Georgia GP-7's don't have that dynamic brake blister. I was wondering about that also. Thanks again. I wish I'd found this video when I converted a couple of GP-38-2's (Tyco or LifeLike-don't remember) to Norfolk Southern GP-38-2's and had to find the proper snow plow pilots that they use. I had a difficult time and a lot of shims to body mount the couplers. Cheers - eastern TN
You never fail to amaze me. In fact you've been quite a source of inspiration to me and a project I'm currently undertaking - the rebuild of an old English Blue Pullman train. The task looked almost impossible but seeing you rebuild many of the models (such as the car that looked like it fell out of the ugly tree) made me realise that such a rebuild was not so impossible for me either. Thank you for your videos, they're so much appreciated.
Thank you so much for the kind words. Comments like yours let me know that the time and effort I spend making these videos is worth while.
Wow, fantastic job. Quite a lot of precision measurements involved. Very, very nice
A few years ago, I bought this digital caliper: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017KUC6XQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 This device has saved me a *huge* amount of time and guesswork over the years. It'll cost you about $20, but if you do much scratchbuilding or kitbashing, it will pay for itself many times over.
Incredible work!!
Awesome learn alot
Great built !
Thanks!
Really enjoyed the video. Canopy cement is new to me. Is there a particular one you recommend for this application?
I use Evergreen canopy cement, but I expect any brand would work. I actually got this idea from Boomer - see his "Boomer Diorama" channel. He used GAC 500 by Golden for a similar application. I didn't have any GAC 500, so I tried canopy glue and worked just fine.
It's an Athearn shell - why not us an Athearn dummy underframe. It already has trucks.
Three reasons - no, four: First, although the shell looks like other locomotives sold as Athearn GP7s, there are a lot of different GP7 models out there, and they are not dimensionally identical. Second, Athearn retooled its GP7s at least once, so it could be difficult to identify which underframe fits. Third, there's no guarantee that I could even buy the part. And fourth, I had all the materials and parts on hand (except for the snowplow pilot), so there was no need to buy even more parts!
@@rwissbaum9849 LOL. I think I have a scrap underframe in a box somewhere. Don't recall what Athearn model it was for though.