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Model Railroading > CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part IDate: 12/06/16 18:49 CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part I Author: australianterrier Built a CSX GP30 road slug out of Proto 2000 model I bought on e-Bay.
The before as it arrived on my doorstep. The poo brown color sums up the model. At least I didn't pay a lot of money for it. Jim    Date: 12/06/16 18:53 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part I Author: bnsfsd70 Looks great! I built one of those out of a Rail Power GP35 years ago, and it was certainly a bit of a project.
- Jeff Carlson Date: 12/06/16 18:51 CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: australianterrier Part II
   Date: 12/06/16 19:54 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: pennsy3750 How did you remove all the hood doors? Sandpaper and lots of elbow grease?
Date: 12/06/16 20:25 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: australianterrier pennsy3750 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > How did you remove all the hood doors? Sandpaper > and lots of elbow grease? On the prototype CSX cut out the door sections and replaced the body with flat sheet steel. I basically did the same thing only using plastic sheet.   Date: 12/06/16 22:09 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: Limited-Clear Great job!!! That looks good!!!
Date: 12/06/16 23:00 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: SantaFeRuss Nice! Does it need a "mother unit" to move? I knew a guy that did a road slug and he had cables connected to a GP40-2 in order for the GP30 slug to run. This was HO scale.
SantaFeRuss Posted from Android Date: 12/07/16 05:07 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: australianterrier SantaFeRuss Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Nice! Does it need a "mother unit" to move? I knew > a guy that did a road slug and he had cables > connected to a GP40-2 in order for the GP30 slug > to run. This was HO scale. > > SantaFeRuss > > Posted from Android The mother unit on the prototype is GP40-2 #6912, I'm starting with an Athearn Genesis with sound Chessie GP40-2. It is somewhat "easy" to convert into more modern CSX. Removethe Chessie/C&O rock plow, modify MU connection, ditch lights fore and aft, plus the slug connections. The Athearn model has the correct exhaust silencer and Q-fans, etc. Jim Date: 12/07/16 05:41 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: brfriedm Nice work and well done. Looks great. Bruce
Date: 12/07/16 06:25 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: osp1729 Jim,
Great job on the unit! What did you use for the louvers on the right side doors of the carbody? Shawn Date: 12/07/16 06:50 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: australianterrier osp1729 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Jim, > > Great job on the unit! What did you use for the > louvers on the right side doors of the carbody? > > Shawn Archer louver decals. Date: 12/07/16 07:30 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: ghemr That is a very nice slug! Keep up the good work!
Date: 12/07/16 20:04 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: atsf121 Nicely done! I didn't look close enough to notice the blank section where the doors would be until I scrolled down to your in progress photos .
Date: 12/09/16 09:43 Re: CSX Road Slug #2300 I Actually Finished It! Part II Author: tehachapifan Nothing beats a good kitbash! Very good, clean work!
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