sometimes you have to build it yourself

some of the ....vents(?) look easier to model on the M-2. There are quite a few differences when you look this close..... from any distance, I don't think I'd notice..... Hmmm.... I just got the plastic together for the rear lower side grilles on the ACE. They look more like blinds on the M-2. I'd better chose quick..... I figured I could chose a paint scheme last.

maybe Just go with the EMD ACE white and blue demo scheme....?

Nah. that Black ans red and white or the Blue CN/IC looks like it would work too

I'm curious... how do you obtain those nice clean, crisp corners?

Chemical weld or glued, then sanded?

There are many clean surface planes on this particular EMD model. Mating those adjacent planes, and achieving precision joints/corners, is crucial...

You seem to have mastered that task, Joe.

BTW, besides the original vertical venting, at the rear of the long hood, below the dynamic brake equipment, CN also uses horizontal venting, on it's SD70M-2's.

Rick

Rick, "BTW, besides the original vertical venting, at the rear of the long hood, below the dynamic brake equipment, CN also uses horizontal venting, on it's SD70M-2's".

 That's what I was trying to describe when I talked about the blinds. I couldn't figure a better way to say it. I bought the glue at the plastic suppliers. It melts the plastic for a tight joint if applied heavily. Of course a tight joint gets tough to calculate with all these angles. Some came out much better than others. A lot will be covered by the door panels. Sanding seems to round things off too much. A fine file seems to work better.

 I have some favorite roads... The CN engines look great and crisp with fresh paint.....always liked my Athearn Genesis CN SD70(75) I's paint job......

Joe,

MTH models the early current 70's series... with the vertical venting. Nowadays, I only see units with horizontal venting. It's been that way, for awhile.

Sounds like you're doing a type of chemical weld. The opposing treated pieces soften enough that they mess... creating a solid bond, once hardened.

I'm assuming there's some sort of filler compound available, for touch ups...?

Rick

BTW, that's something that would be calling my name - a well-done, CN SD70I or a SD75I. I'd move on one of those!

Rick

xov good to see you again

Hi, Bill.

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 Sure Bill, I've got a long list of to do's, now I've got add the tanker..... in both scales.....

I'm impressed, Joe!

Rick

Joe Looks like you are getting more of the details on the Engine body done.

Maybe if you drag your feet on the Tanker CN will have it's new design on the rails.

Joe that is taking shape nicely, very impressive.  Great work.

Hey Joe, that is looking awesome! 

Joe, I learned a long time ago that one needs to have 3 list's

1. a to do list

2. must do list

3. a do do list

MY WIFE IS A BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO ONE OF THESE LIST

Sweet job Joe!  Very nice work with styrene.  

Popssr

Do do or poo poo list? or Honey do list?

 Did you ever get side tracked? U put something aside and think you'll get right back to it and BAM!!!

six months later U find it!

O yes.And my list keeps growing and growing.Someday I'll find all those missing Items.today I'll fix my Kerosene heater so I can get back out into the breezway and keep up the work on the layout.

It's looking good Joe.

WOW!!! I wish I could do work that good.  I'm lucky I can glue a plastic model together without having the whole thing end up in a pile of mucked up plastic.

Rick

I think its more fun to build it yourself. Today I built two benches, o scale. I am building a o scale  frieght station but waiting on a razer saw to cut the bracing. I tried a coping saw but it didnt work. I found this clinton frieght station pic in a mag, has a large loading dock. No meaurments but I build one in cardboard and cut it down till it looked right. got the pieces cut out of basawood and just waiting on the miter box and cutting blades. Your project looks great.

Joe it is looking very nice. Don't be so harf on yourself. You have been busy trying to sort out the KD couplers for the new Autoracks and all the rolling stock you are going to 2 rail plus sorting out all the TT Cars.

Joe you are doing just fine

INcredibly detailed work Joe. Looks fantastic!

 Well.. it would be nice to get her done before I could just go and buy one! I was cutting door panels and 1/3 of the way in I noticed they were wrong!

 Too wide. Better than too narrow I guess. My neck hurts. Pushed it aside again.

fryin satter fratter... took the glue syringe out to the garage to refill. Thought I'd keep that nasty smell out. Bring it in and it gets warm. Pulled the cap and it squirts all over the model!!!!!!! URRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG. expansion, one more thing that kicked my ****.

it's no fun looking at it if you can't run it!

Joe she looked good in the video.

Joe, continued amazement of your progress!!! 

Joe that is looking great....nice work...

 Thank you everyone.

Joe, great looking job on the SD70ACe.  While it's still under warrenty you better get it into the shop to fix all that smoke.

Greg

Yeap she smokes!!

 I think I'm going to need Andre to make me some brass vertical intakes for the rear. This plastic detail stuff is a pain!!

Joe you need to "O" Rail it and then you would really have "HORSE" to pull those long trains with

 Hmmm, maybe if I set two tracks at the right spacing, it would run on them? I bet I could pull two trains at once!!!

 Still not going for the red white and black though.

 Oh sure Bill, now what do I do about the couplers???

Now Joe how long have you been on this forum? Don't tell me you have not heard the expression "Lash em up" Well get some bailing wire and "lash em up"

 Well, one step forward and two steps back....

I cut off the number board boxes. I had glued them to the headlight which was slightly crooked. That made them way off and I couldn't live with it.

 So I skipped again, over to the window frames. I try to build whatever I can.

 I may grind the surround flatter to look like the proto. I've still got to work on the frame area, steps and pilots. I would like to add all the rigging, pipes and stuff. Some kind of frame shock supports.

 Oh yeah, here's the rope Bill:

https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/d...nt/13678679051163505

Looking good there, Joe. By the way, I was thinking that you could use the 3-rail couplers for 1:32 scale electro-couplers. They're almost the right size, maybe a bit large.