Here are a couple recent painting projects, slightly dressed-up Bachmann Spectrum 44 and 70 tonners.
CCT 31 is modified to reflect the first 70 tonners, which featured a single headlight and no front louvers (later models had a dual headlight and front louvers.) This model also features an early (late Forties) color scheme and CCT number board on the nose. I still need to add a horn.
SN 143 is also an early color scheme (pre-Zephyr silver & orange), black with orange stripes, and is essentially stock aside from the addition of the Sacramento Northern's characteristic number box on one side of the cab hood. These boxes were roughly diamond-shaped and illuminated from within, but for simplicity I just used a cut-off section if 1/4" Northeastern styrene, distorted a bit by hand to look somewhat diamond-shaped, with a bit of .020" styrene glued on top and filed to match the profile of the number boxes.
CCT 31 is modified to reflect the first 70 tonners, which featured a single headlight and no front louvers (later models had a dual headlight and front louvers.) This model also features an early (late Forties) color scheme and CCT number board on the nose. I still need to add a horn.
SN 143 is also an early color scheme (pre-Zephyr silver & orange), black with orange stripes, and is essentially stock aside from the addition of the Sacramento Northern's characteristic number box on one side of the cab hood. These boxes were roughly diamond-shaped and illuminated from within, but for simplicity I just used a cut-off section if 1/4" Northeastern styrene, distorted a bit by hand to look somewhat diamond-shaped, with a bit of .020" styrene glued on top and filed to match the profile of the number boxes.
