Mark. The Electroliner was made in 1941 which is close enough to when I model in 1938!
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UP 4-8-2 #7002 streamlined and SP GS-4 4-8-4 prep for LED's and decoders.
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UP 4-8-2 #7002.
Imported and factory painted by Balboa models in 1971.
A little unusual for factory paint in 1971 but they did a really nice job on painting it.
A huge lead weight.
Open frame motor replaced with a can motor.
A piece of brass rod inserted in the rubber coupling to prevent any 'twisting/binding'.
LED's installed in headlight and running board lights.
Tender drilled for a speaker.
Rectangular hole made for 8-pin connector.
Difficult to match the factory color but it's in an inconspicuous spot.
Drilled out the marker lights but the hole going into the boiler is in the 'upper casing' and the boiler has no access to the 'upper casing'. After working on the SP GS-4, I re-evaluated the situation and think I can drill an angled hole from the 'upper casing' into the boiler since there is space between the marker light and the 'upper casing'.
Let all the glue 'cook'.
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SP GS-4 4-8-4 in 'Daylight' colors.
Imported and factory painted by Westside models in 1980.
'Old school' electronics!
Headlight assembly lights removed.
Plenty of lead weight!
Can motor installed.
Marker lights drilled.
Painted the interiors and glued LED's.
Had to use some soft foam to keep the LED's 'centered'.
Running board lights.
Tender trucks secured from the top of the tender frame.
Used a 'sprung' center punch to locate the speaker holes and to guide the drill bit.
Bottom of tender needs a rectangular hole for the 8-pin connector.
Tender marker lights drilled, painted and LED's glued in 'place'.
Everything left to 'cook'.
I think the previous owner tried to paint trim on the door!
We tend to make our engines too perfect anyway as they had a lot of 'rough spots'.
Same with my RC warbird airplanes.
Go to the Wright Paterson air museum and you'll see all kinds of 'wrinkles' on the surfaces and we paint our 'invasion stripes' perfectly; I have a picture of the 'invasion stripes' being painted with a mop. They had thousands of planes to paint for 'D' day and they sure wasn't going to mask and spray paint them. The pilots were more interested in the engine getting them 'home' verses a nice paint job!
A lot of parts were 'cast' and they 'looked it'!
