Model Railroading > D&RGW 3114

I have a project (or 30) on my workbench, of building the RIo Grande's 3114. This was one of three units the Grande received with what would become the 60 seires exhaust hatch. Uints 3113, 3114, and 3115 received these.
But what intrigued me with the 3114 is that the radiator grill were modified at some point before 1984. It had one chicken wirke grill, and three of the more modern grills. I did not attach the photo that shows this arrangemnt even after UP repaitned the beats, UP 1367. you can look it up. I have the grills in, now just working on the radiator fans (decided to replace with Cannon and Co. Parts).
What projects are you folks working on?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/17 00:24 by lizzard45.

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And starting from a factory-painted unit, to boot!  Are you planning on keeping the original paint and just touching everything up, or give it a complete repaint?

Thanks,
- Jeff Carlson

lizzard45 Wrote:
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> What projects are you folks working on?

Regarding this question, I've currently got two very different Rock Island projects that I'm working on.

Photo 1 is an Athearn wide-vision caboose that I'm upgrading with wire grabs, new end cage and paint.

Photo 2 is a Bachmann 44-tonner that I'm kitbashing to more closely resemble one of RI's 44-ton Whitcomb switchers.

- Jeff Carlson

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Jeff, I will keep the factory paint, and just touwch up everything else...weathering will help too...

Sounds good.  Should be respectably easy to do with black.

- Jeff 

lizzard45 Wrote:
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> Jeff, I will keep the factory paint, and just
> touwch up everything else...weathering will help
> too...