I thought I would put these up as a video was requested, the UP unit I had and made arrangements to give to Ed Golden to put in TMCC and Sound, the plan was to hand it over at the last S Fest, when I found the C&NW unit on American Models table, why I gave Ed some puppy dog eyes and convinced him to take them both. Ed also put in directional lighting.
Please don't mind the shaky iPad camera work.
Ben
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That looks great Ben!!! I have a NS SD60 that ed did, and done a great job.
I have several others id like him to do, but i know hes super busy.
Thanks for sharing that.
Very nice Ben! Looks like you need to invest in some wider radius curves for that fleet. My second AM Northern, this one a Lackawanna, is sitting at Ed's in the cue for a full rebuild to a fan driven smoke unit, TMCC ad RS5.
Sounds good. Almost makes me want to have the same done on my New Haven PA's.
Sorta amazing how AM unearths stuff like the long sold out C&NW SD60. Guess they're still cleaning house.
Rusty
I wish theyd reproduce those sd60s. They are gettong very hard to find for sure!
I would like another run too, I hope that the same outfit that did the deco on the RS11 could do the deco on the SD60. It's only shortfall, in my opinion, is that the paint decals/pad print could be better. The RS11s are fantastic.
A few more C&NW SD60s with the operation lifesaver markings would be awesome!!!
Ben
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Now THATS Sharp!!!! Ok Ben, you take the C&NW and take some NS operation lifesavers!
Thanks for all the compliments really appreciate it............I am now working on American Models F7 A-B-A and this is the first time I am putting sound in just the B unit and going to program it to run in a consist. When it is completed I will post a video. Ed
Ed, id like to ask a question about a river raisin models brass SD60 i have. Could that be converted to TMCC?
You done a great job on my AM SD60 Norfolk Southern bout a year ago. Cant thank you enough
Adam from Ohio.
Adam, can you email me at customercare@goldinhands.com or give me a call me tomorrow at 874-727-0857.
Very nice job. I assume your using ERR boards for sound and control?
Hi Chris, thank you and yes been using ERR boards for the last 12 - 14 years and still have some of their original sound boards.
Ed
Just bookmarked you site Ed. I will probably be needing things from you in the not to distant future.
One more question. Does that UP engine have a space for a speaker in the gas tank or is the sound coming from the shell? Sounds great either way!
Here are 2 pictures, I am traveling and do not have access to my photo file.
A set of the curves, the engine is on about a 38" radius curve
This is a part of the freight yard with #5 and #6 turnouts.
Oops, sorry. I meant to post this in the scaler vs gauger thread below.
Chris, just to let you know that my web site is dated and I no longer can make changes to it and when I get some time I will be swapping it over to a more modern program. I want to add some newer engines that I had done like the Northern with a fan driven smoke unit. See youtube https://youtu.be/jNkigHUw61M etc.
As for the UP, I put the speaker in the shell as there is no room in the fuel tank because the motor, drive shaft and mounting boards for the electronics are above it. This is a difficult installation as the motor mount needs to be milled down, the motor moved forward and new drive shafts are made.
AMFLYER, nice pictures and a beautiful layout . Engines look good on the curve and the concrete work is just amazing!
Thanks Ed. I have a number pictures of the engines you converted taken on other parts of the layout. They look and run great.
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