Model Railroading > WP Highline Train With Former CZ F Units

1969 near Lake Almanor, today at the Golden Gate Model Railroad at the Randall Museum in San Francisco.

Regards, Jim Evans

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Cool, I like both photos.

Nathan

Looks good Jim. Those your F's?

Chris

Very nice shots. Now let's see you get the nerve to weather those babies like the first photo!!

Santafes95 Wrote:
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> Very nice shots. Now let's see you get the nerve
> to weather those babies like the first photo!!

I'm still working on how to put the dents into the pilot.

Heat the plastic up (I wouldn't necessarily recommend a direct flame, or direct contact with heat source), and "push" dents into the pilot with something like a rounded end of a sewing pin, bamboo skewer, etc. I've seen it done before, but it was on a scrap gon, not a loco, so you may want to practice and figure out the best method on either some freight cars or cheap older Life-Like train set F units.

Brody Wyrick
Reno, NV

bwyrick Wrote:
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> Heat the plastic up (I wouldn't necessarily
> recommend a direct flame, or direct contact with
> heat source), and "push" dents into the pilot with
> something like a rounded end of a sewing pin,
> bamboo skewer, etc. I've seen it done before, but
> it was on a scrap gon, not a loco, so you may want
> to practice and figure out the best method on
> either some freight cars or cheap older Life-Like
> train set F units.

Remeber, the Genesis F units come from the Highliner body and they are made from ABS.  this is alot tougher so testing on an old body may still not work the same as on the ABS.

Rick

rschonfelder Wrote:
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> bwyrick Wrote:
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> > Heat the plastic up (I wouldn't necessarily
> > recommend a direct flame, or direct contact
> with
> > heat source), and "push" dents into the pilot
> with
> > something like a rounded end of a sewing pin,
> > bamboo skewer, etc. I've seen it done before,
> but
> > it was on a scrap gon, not a loco, so you may
> want
> > to practice and figure out the best method on
> > either some freight cars or cheap older
> Life-Like
> > train set F units.
>
> Remeber, the Genesis F units come from the
> Highliner body and they are made from ABS.  this
> is alot tougher so testing on an old body may
> still not work the same as on the ABS.
>
> Rick

I was thinking more along the lines of some creative grinding with my dremel tool.