What I been working on for the past few weeks

[ThoroughBreed]

Well, I started off this week replacing the couplers and boxes on my Athearn rtr NS OCS F units, because I didn?t like the un-proto-typical space in between them. I used American Limited coupler box kit from Walthers. You have to actually cut off some of the original box and slide the new one over it the set them back.
 

These next units, I have been working on for the past few weeks:
My pair of Athearn Blue Box Sd40-2?s in SCL/FL scheme that I patched for my own regional line, MWGX loco?s 312 and 313



Heres one of two sets of PPW-Aline 5 car sets of twin stacks that I got in kit form undecorated. I painted, decalled, and hooked these bad boys up:


closeup of one of the two Atlas articulated auto racks I got for Christmas:

both of them:


Heres my newest kitbash: a SD50S, yep a first generation SD50 kit built on a sd40-2 frame. I originally built this loco with the original NS plain catfish scheme on it and as road # 6502. Well as it would be, that road number was turned into a SD40E unit, A non turbocharged SD50. I added the mu hoses and cable to the front and rear, mounted ditch lights to both decks, ac on top, sinclair antennaes on both side of cab, firecrackers on roof of cab towards the dyn brake housing, installed grab irons and awaiting a sd50 handrail set to mutilate. She will be a dummy permanently matched up with a Conrail patched SD60 that will supply lights for the forward headlights and ditch lights as I disable the rear lights in the sd60 unit.


My latest C40-9W NS unit; #9254 OLS unit with some new twists to it. It has solid sill stripes and the NS decal on the side has been changed to use the thoroughbreed decal instead, also has a full white face instead of just the brow.


Jerome, heres one for ya: My bash of a NS switcher. What is it a MP15DC? Or kjust a reg sw1500? I don?t care too much for switchers, but thought I?d update this one at least.


Aww, my kitbash of a Athearn AC4400 with extended dyn brakes into a NS ES44AC with ext dyn brakes, unit # 8002. I used a website, I?ll have to dig it up, as a guideline for bashing this unit:


A certain young man traded me this loc shell and chassis for a few odd cars I had. He had stripped the driveline for use in another loco as he couldn?t get this one to run on the small diameter of track he is using. Well this one had a little surgery upon its return to the rails: I had to build new pilots on both ends, new driveline all the way through it, realign the wheelsets for proper gauge, and then installed a decoder, and she runs great now! My min radius is 26deg, so it has no problems negotiating my layout:


1 of my newest acquisitions this past week: Athearn Blue Box C44-9W CNW # 8651 (top) and 8606 (below)



And lastly, my acquisitions from a trade for a couple of gp50?s undec?d, thenks Jerome:

[mbgphoto79]

Good stuff.  You're making me want to get out the xacto knife and the CA again!