could u live with this?

Looks good to me.  I wish I had that much talent.  Just take each problem area one at a time.  If I could get to where you are with this model completing it would be a breeze.  Can't wait to see it painted and running around the layout.

BTW, if you do get frustrated with it just send it my way.  I'll make good use of it.

Nice job,  Rick

As with any build there are bound to be little things you notice that are not going to be exactly right, only you can decide what you like.  If it bothers you then now is the time to correct them, but that said I must say you have done a great job on this build so do not be too hard on yourself....

 Instead of logo problem I should have said identity crisis! There's a big problem if it bothers you? See it?? I should take a close up..... I wish I could leave it on for fun....

Just curious, what did you make your custom frame out of, and how did you make it?

looks like we both are doing similar things..I'd took a SD45 railking.. cut the frame in half and streched it 3" to making it fit a scale williams PRR SD45 shell...Im welding the frame on wed..adding leds front and rear lights and markerlights...your project looks good..

 The first custom frame was just a piece of 1/4 thick plastic. I was going to rout down the thickness in spots and make a relief where the trucks fit for clearance. I had I beam's to duplicate the real look I wanted. Then, I noticed that my 1/32 scale measurements worked out perfectly with MTH's? Go figure?

 So I took a spare MTH frame and chopped and lenghtened it where needed. Now I just have to get the builder's plates straight.

love LEDs!

wow Joe! This is something else! Really neat!

very nice work Joe!

please post pics of this!!

 Ok, I reshaped the nose profile of the platform on this GE frame.

 I had to decide between round or square topped ditch light housings. My drawings show round. My pics show both. I chose square:

That's some impressive work, Joe. You know, of course, that right after you finish, SD70ACe's will announced be in the MTH Gauge 1 catalog.

Actually, that's changed -  new set of regulations and all that out of Marketing, don't you know.

Now they have to announce production of something that you are working on ~1-3 days prior to your completing it thereby putting you into a total #$#$%%@#$% bind since you can't back up, and you can't leave it unfinished, and you can't just go order one until you learn how to turn around fast enough to kick yourself.....

 Yeap!!!

I put it away for awhile and waited...and waited....and....

I started on an SDL39 years ago and have yet to finish it. I took a Weaver 38 body and frame and cut it down. I had the frames made for me as well. Ok, here comes the bug, the actual trucks and how to make them. I asked Ed Reutling but he declined. So I have the truck side frames, body and frame and nothing to show for it, yet.

Dick

Hmmm,

http://www.rrpicturearchives.n...cture.aspx?id=129272

 don't even know what that was.....

a special for Milw??

I took sideframe(s) and cut and super glued them together....well...three more to go yet!

now if I could just make all those grills straight??? May have to switch too brass or get something like an HO scale factory window????