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AGHRMatt posted:

AWESOME! Great description and instructions on the page. Is the GP9 you're working on for the MTH locomotives?

suzukovich posted:

I just read it too.  Great instructions. If your doing MTH GP 9 that will be great. I will need 5 pairs at least.

The GP9 I was referring to is the Williams one I posted about in this thread, which I just put the finishing touches on.

I do have an MTH GP7 that I am going to do. I assume that would be the same as a GP9. Will keep you posted...

Eric

 

thor73 posted:
AGHRMatt posted:

AWESOME! Great description and instructions on the page. Is the GP9 you're working on for the MTH locomotives?

suzukovich posted:

I just read it too.  Great instructions. If your doing MTH GP 9 that will be great. I will need 5 pairs at least.

The GP9 I was referring to is the Williams one I posted about in this thread, which I just put the finishing touches on.

I do have an MTH GP7 that I am going to do. I assume that would be the same as a GP9. Will keep you posted...

Eric

 

MTH GP9/7 are one and the same.  Thanks.

Well it took me a while, but I finally got around to finishing up the detailing and installation on these things. Here are some pics of the end result:

With Kadee 740s installed:

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This engine is a monster, and has massive overhang on O63 curves, which I use in some spots on my layout. So I will probably run mine with Kadee 746s installed:

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Here is a view of the underside, showing the coupler mount and the interface between it and the pilot:

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And finally, here it is with a car behind it!

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The handrails look rather comical now, I will have to work on those next.

Eric

 

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Thor,

Very, very nice, indeed. Good job on the paint match too. I ordered a set of your parts last week from Shapeways to install on my UP SD90. They should show up any time now. It might be a little while before I find the spare time to prep, paint and install the parts, but I'm looking forward to the project. Thank you for all your efforts and sharing them with us.

RM

Rich Montague posted:

Thor,

Very, very nice, indeed. Good job on the paint match too. I ordered a set of your parts last week from Shapeways to install on my UP SD90. They should show up any time now. It might be a little while before I find the spare time to prep, paint and install the parts, but I'm looking forward to the project. Thank you for all your efforts and sharing them with us.

RM

Cool, looking forward to seeing how they turn out!

The paint match was dumb luck - Vallejo Model Air Olive Green turned out to be pretty much spot on.

theteejmiester posted:

Man. That is awesome! Wanna buy a SD90 just to convert. Any chance of making these for the Lionel GP30? Or atlas units? And I am willing to send send you one of my locos if needed to use.

Thanks for the offer, heh! The design process is pretty time consuming, so for now, I am focusing on engines that I own. After that, I suppose anything is possible.

Laidoffsick posted:

Probably easier to just drill the holes yourself since the pilot itself doesnt have any holes. 

Agreed. Having seen some early 2-railed hi-rail locomotives, the regular handrails don't look that bad as they're still "reachable". Also, on some of them, the bends in the hand rails were such that if you could unbend them without breaking them, they'd be pretty close to the correct length -- you'd need to drill the holes yourself.

Hi Mike, sorry for going AWOL for so long, got a little busy with the  holidays, aftermath, etc. (and another model train project as well, more on that later...   )

The ES44 pilot design is mostly done, I just need to check some key dimensions and I think it's ready to go. I'll try to get a Shapeways page up for it in the next couple weeks. The SD45 will be next.

Any pics of your models with the SD90 pilots?

thor73 posted:

Hi Mike, sorry for going AWOL for so long, got a little busy with the  holidays, aftermath, etc. (and another model train project as well, more on that later...   )

The ES44 pilot design is mostly done, I just need to check some key dimensions and I think it's ready to go. I'll try to get a Shapeways page up for it in the next couple weeks. The SD45 will be next.

Any pics of your models with the SD90 pilots?

No worries. Let me see what I can dig up.   I really am looking forward to the ES44, SD40-2, and SD70ACe/M-2 pilots! hint, hint!  I have far more of these locomotives that could really use a makeover!

L & N posted:

Is there the possibility of making the plows for this one and the ES44 available separately?

Steve

Yeah, I've thought about doing that, in case of breakage or whatever. When I get a chance to generate some new files, I'll see if i can throw them up on the pages as an option or something. I will probably include all the detail parts as well, so it would be everything except the pilots and coupler mounts.

Just finished the updates to this one, so that it's similar to the more recent ones I've done, with the plow and detail parts separate from the pilots. So it's a little more flexible for customizing or repairs.  The finished appearance is identical to the previous version.

The complete set now looks like this:

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