Saturday, January 2, 2016

GP30 CFNR 3009

This locomotive started life as an N scale Atlas GP30 decorated for Pennsylvania.  The unit was stripped, detailed, painted, lettered for the California Northern and then weathered.  It will serve as part of the power for a local that runs on my layout.


The unit has been stripped and details have started to be added.  We can see a relocated horn, grab irons, sunshades and custom handrails in this photo.  Parts are a mixture of BLMA and Gold Medal Models.


A shot of the handrails on the engineers side.


The rear hood shows BLMA etched fans.


The model has been painted with a white base and was then masked for the green.


This shot shows the etched fans are still see through with paint applied.


The finished model shot in sunlight.


The model was weathered with mainly artist oil paints.  A white fade coat was applied and then followed by rust.  The rubber window seals were painted black and various pilot details were also finished.


The top of the hood and grill sections were weathered with both acrylic from the airbrush and weathering powders.

Thanks for looking!
Doug


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