This is gonna' be a big week with a lot of S scale goodies arriving at the Ming household.
Been givin' some thought as to what I'm going to do with my remaining Undec units. I "THINK" I've come up with a plan:
* It's already decided that one undec SHS NW2 is to become a CB&Q "Blackbird" with the large "Burlington" on the sides (instead of the slogans) and will join CB&Q #9271, giving me a pair of CB&Q switchers that will have visual differences. (I like that.)
* The DS4-4-1000 AM S-12 kitbash will become Frisco #241 which will give me a pair of Frisco units for use. (It joining Frisco SW9 #306.)
* The in-process AM S-12 that is almost finished with detail work will become a KC&G unit. The remaining undec SHS NW2 will likewise become a KC&G unit. This gives me a pair of KC&G units to use.
Now, the above idea is still in the "definite maybe" stage... BUT... there WAS a temptation: Use the two S-12's and take them into Missouri Pacific "Jenks Blue" paint, giving me a pair of Mop S-12's for use.
This would leave me an undec SHS NW2, which could be paired up with a to-be-acquired AM S-12 to be painted into KC&G livery.
OR...
Go ahead and go with plan as mentioned above, which leaves a spare S-12 instead of a spare NW2. But what to do for another roadname pair? Well, here's what I'm tossin' around as options:
1. Purchase an AM RS3 and put both the spare S-12 and the RS3 into Mop paint... perhaps Jenks Blue on the S-12 and the older blue/gray on the RS3.
2. Purchase another S-12 to go with the spare S-12 and both of those go into Mop paint for a pair of Mop S-12's (I have pics of two Mop S-12's in Jenks Blue in use in KC during my era.)
Hmmmmm.... decisions, decisions.
What would you do?