Airbrushed the trucks silver and put them to work.
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Very nice Jack!!
Jeff T posted:Very nice Jack!!
I concur
Sweet, much better looking with silver side frames.
Very nice!!! I have the F3 D&RG bumble bee paint scheme on order, and will be very happy if they look and sound like this units. Good to hear the improved Railsounds being used in these models. Gives the basic F3 monotone horn an added presence the earlier models never had (and we were all getting tired of hearing). Very encouraging!!! Thx...
David
Awesome!
Those look great!
Laidoffsick posted:Sweet, much better looking with silver side frames.
Absolutely agree... 1,000% better... whether it's prototypical or not, the silver trucks highlight the detail which is otherwise lost with black paint.
Nice job!!! 
David
Nice engines, but I don't see steam generator intake & exhaust details on any of them. Am I missing something?
Rocky Mountaineer posted:Very nice!!! I have the F3 D&RG bumble bee paint scheme on order, and will be very happy if they look and sound like this units. Good to hear the improved Railsounds being used in these models. Gives the basic F3 monotone horn an added presence the earlier models never had (and we were all getting tired of hearing). Very encouraging!!! Thx...
David
David, the 2 rail versions have QSI sound in them not Railsounds.
I think the silver trucks really improves the look of the locomotive. Very nice job!
So is it more prototypical to have a set of F7s pulling a California Zephyr set, or a set of F3s? I thought F3s (mixed with some PAs), but these F7s are so gorgeous it has me second guessing my decision. Very nice set!!
Very Nice!!
The GN Man is correct, the Atlas Rio Grande F7's have no steam generators. Just finished painting an unpowered PB unit to match the photos of the real one on Fallen Flags website. Apparently the D&RGW converted two PB's to run in trains that didn't have steam generators in the F's. The other converted PB was numbered 253 but it looks like it had EMD F-Unit trucks. Anyway, I enjoyed the research and project.
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Jack Morey posted:
The GN Man is correct, the Atlas Rio Grande F7's have no steam generators. Just finished painting an unpowered PB unit to match the photos of the real one on Fallen Flags website. Apparently the D&RGW converted two PB's to run in trains that didn't have steam generators in the F's. The other converted PB was numbered 253 but it looks like it had EMD F-Unit trucks. Anyway, I enjoyed the research and project.
Oh that's cool!
