F9...UP Style!!!
THE STORY...
i am a huge E unit fan, but for some odd reason i wasn't that big a fan of F units, don't get me wrong, i like F units just never had the urge to get one. THEN, i came across the first pic below, WOW!
LOOK AT THAT PLOW!
i seen the plow on that F unit, and thought it was slap AWESOME. so i figured if i could find one of those plows, i would get an F unit to go with ittooth1. i checked Walther's, and sure as heck, THEY HAD THEM! the plow is made by Metal Miniatures.
THE ENGINE...
i soon found that finding UP F units was quite hard, but did come across Stewart Models F units:thumb:. never had any Stewart Models, so i thought i would give them a try. FOLKS, i have models from Bachmann to Tower55, and i would place the Stewart models in between Athearn BB and Athearn RTR. The shells were like Athern BB, except the had the glazing. the motors and frames were like the Athearn RTR's. the powered unit is HEAVY, and seems to run well on DCC, i use DCC so i am not sure how they run on DC. i thought the number boards were real nice, and the motor was DCC ready, that made installing the MRC Brillance sound decoder real easy:thumb:.
WHAT I HAVE DONE...
FIRST, i would like to confess i am really only 98% finished with this project. i am waiting for the roof and cab front grabs to come in. i also have to weather the plow, the paint is to wet to weather it till tomorrow, just was so exited about this particular project, i couldn't wait to post ittooth1. announce1 OK, i installed an MRC Brillance sound decoder in it, i have done some paint work to the engine, put a MULTITUDE of decals on it, installed sunshades, rear view mirrors, all weather roof cover, and THE PLOW. announce1 THE PLOW, what a pain that turned out to be. the plow comes stripped, NO SKIRTING
, that would be fine if i was modeling Rock Island
, but UP put skirting on their F unit plows, so it was up to me to make the skirting for it. i couldn't replicate the skirting exactly like UP's(look at the proto pic), but i came as close as i could. it took about three hours to do the plow. i took pics of how i did it with styrene if anyone is interested in how to put skirting on F unit Plows
. announce1 Honestly, no one i have showed the proto pic to liked the plowops:, so if its not up your alley...sorryops:...but i LIKED IT!tooth1 THANKS! -Deano View attachment 32541 View attachment 32542 View attachment 32543 View attachment 32544 View attachment 32545
THE STORY...
i am a huge E unit fan, but for some odd reason i wasn't that big a fan of F units, don't get me wrong, i like F units just never had the urge to get one. THEN, i came across the first pic below, WOW!
LOOK AT THAT PLOW! i seen the plow on that F unit, and thought it was slap AWESOME. so i figured if i could find one of those plows, i would get an F unit to go with ittooth1. i checked Walther's, and sure as heck, THEY HAD THEM! the plow is made by Metal Miniatures.THE ENGINE...
i soon found that finding UP F units was quite hard, but did come across Stewart Models F units:thumb:. never had any Stewart Models, so i thought i would give them a try. FOLKS, i have models from Bachmann to Tower55, and i would place the Stewart models in between Athearn BB and Athearn RTR. The shells were like Athern BB, except the had the glazing. the motors and frames were like the Athearn RTR's. the powered unit is HEAVY, and seems to run well on DCC, i use DCC so i am not sure how they run on DC. i thought the number boards were real nice, and the motor was DCC ready, that made installing the MRC Brillance sound decoder real easy:thumb:.
WHAT I HAVE DONE...
FIRST, i would like to confess i am really only 98% finished with this project. i am waiting for the roof and cab front grabs to come in. i also have to weather the plow, the paint is to wet to weather it till tomorrow, just was so exited about this particular project, i couldn't wait to post ittooth1. announce1 OK, i installed an MRC Brillance sound decoder in it, i have done some paint work to the engine, put a MULTITUDE of decals on it, installed sunshades, rear view mirrors, all weather roof cover, and THE PLOW. announce1 THE PLOW, what a pain that turned out to be. the plow comes stripped, NO SKIRTING
, that would be fine if i was modeling Rock Island, but UP put skirting on their F unit plows, so it was up to me to make the skirting for it. i couldn't replicate the skirting exactly like UP's(look at the proto pic), but i came as close as i could. it took about three hours to do the plow. i took pics of how i did it with styrene if anyone is interested in how to put skirting on F unit Plows. announce1 Honestly, no one i have showed the proto pic to liked the plowops:, so if its not up your alley...sorryops:...but i LIKED IT!tooth1 THANKS! -Deano View attachment 32541 View attachment 32542 View attachment 32543 View attachment 32544 View attachment 32545
). through this forum, Nazgul(Steve) and i have become good friends
