Model Railroading > Kansas Pacific new used purchase

This engine represents a second hand purchase for the Kansas Pacific railroad. It was red with the stripes and OLS graphics when I got it. I patched it with new number, sub-lettering and nose herold. I did all the detail work and weathering. This is a Athearn SD60.

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Very nice work. Second hand units are the backbone of some railroads!

Paul Liddiard
Spanish Fork, UT

Living three miles from the prototype "Kansas Pacific" (UP owned) in Manhattan, Kansas I gotta say I wouldn't mind if that paint scheme existed in the real world and ran back and forth through here. Cool model!
mg8711

Sweet!

Are you going to put in operational ditch lights?

Joel Brazy
Coatesville, PA

I really like your weathering.

Rick

Very cool model! Whose couplers did you use?

Russ



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/15 15:30 by NSTopHat.

That's one very impressive unit. Great job on the weathering....

John Parker
Longmont, CO
BNSF Fall River Division

That was a quick typo fix, Russ! hahaha

Excellent looking unit! LOVE IT

Thanks everyone. This was a fun build. My 1998 version of the Kansas Pacific actually is painted in a dark green scheme with yellow pilots, black under frame and silver trucks.

The weathering was done with artist oils thinned with Mineral Spirits to a wash and then finished with weathering powders and Panpastels.

The couplers are from Sergent Engineering.

No i am not lighting this engine as of now. This engine will probably just be in the consist not a leader.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/15 17:47 by antlorch.

nice modeling

unclebob Wrote:
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> That was a quick typo fix, Russ! hahaha
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> Excellent looking unit! LOVE IT

Saw the issue as I hit post.... Was hoping no one else saw that Freudian slip.