Revisiting the switchers...

[MadMike1024]

PapaXpress is going to make the wing style numberboards for these ladies. Otherwise, they are complete.

[MadMike1024]

Another denizen for the HSC....

If you want a Conrail unit, age the paint and take a scraper to the PC logo and Penn Central lettering making sure to take off enough paint to make it rust. (I'm not kidding, look it up on google!)

A SW9 based on the Britkits payware.

[NS9030]

Another denizen for the HSC....

If you want a Conrail unit, age the paint and take a scraper to the PC logo and Penn Central lettering making sure to take off enough paint to make it rust. (I'm not kidding, look it up on google!)

A SW9 based on the Britkits payware.

Since when did PC have that great of track? Nice work! I wish i was alive for PC! Or CR for that matter...

[mdurdan]

He is right, CR used up every beater their was available -----> http://bensonrailphotos.com/US2.shtml

[MadMike1024]

Hmmmm... Looks like the lettering might be a tad big... There were 4 of these SW9s working Salt Lake City, UT in the late 50s and early 60s. Each had some special characteristics, and PapaXpress and I are going to try to model the 4 as close as we can. Each will be based on the Britkits SW9 payware, have a fixed number, and a crewed and uncrewed version.

[dogmouse]

Those are looking really sharp! Great job.

[mdurdan]

Beautiful except those exhaust thingys are bugging me though, they seem too plain colored, maybe you can take a sample of the color of the ones in the picture and paste it in their, I usually use the eye dropper tool for colors that are hard to match.

[MadMike1024]

Beautiful except those exhaust thingys are bugging me though, they seem too plain colored, maybe you can take a sample of the color of the ones in the picture and paste it in their, I usually use the eye dropper tool for colors that are hard to match.

For some reason, the silver color is eluding me. I even cut and paste from the original pic and it looks the same...

[mdurdan]

Hmm that's weird. I would try darkening the alpha a bit and see if that helps, sometimes it does, sometimes it doesent

[MadMike1024]

2 of four... little details left.

Credit where due: PapaXpress made the radio antenna, the mount plate for the horn, and the radiator handrail for these.

1852 and 1854 to go. Then the TR5 cow and calf 1877.

[Csxgp38-2]

Bell's a bit small. Looks awesome though, just add a little more rust on the stacks.

[PapaXpress]

Its not that the bell is small but that it has a very thin external holder(? is there a proper name for this?). I was thinking just the same thing around lunch time. I may be able to make one. I need to think about it.

[MadMike1024]

Its not that the bell is small but that it has a very thin external holder(? is there a proper name for this?).

It's called a harp...

I was thinking just the same thing around lunch time. I may be able to make one. I need to think about it.

[PapaXpress]

It's called a harp...

Thank you, that makes sense.

I was thinking just the same thing around lunch time. I may be able to make one. I need to think about it.

HA HA HA... and I am still thinking about it

[arizonachris]

Thank you, that makes sense.
HA HA HA... and I am still thinking about it

Just don't harp on it too much, papa (I just had to you left it wide open) Switchers look great as always, Mike!