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Model Railroading > SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2Date: 03/03/13 17:44 SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: wheel_slip I picked up my GP38-2 from my LHS last week and since the thermometer didn't break freezing today I was able to put some finishing touches on it... Athearn has raised the bar once again with this model and I can't find anything really to critique. I had a loose sunshade on the engineers side, but a dab of glue and all was well. The sound on this thing is incredible, even with the stock speaker. I turned the master volume down from a cv value of 255 to 50, and it even sounded better...
Anyway... Athearns SP GP38-2. Andy Date: 03/03/13 17:54 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: UP9000 Looking good!!
Date: 03/03/13 18:02 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: WP282 I thought the sound on my GP9 was good, then I got the GP38-2. It is superb, and I told the Athearn reps at the WGH show today how much I appreciated it.
Mike Date: 03/03/13 18:09 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: icancmp193 Very realistic weathering! It takes cojones to immediately start weathering $200+ models.
Tom Y Date: 03/03/13 18:22 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: boejoe Another bit of "weathering" that caught my eye is the edge of the concrete/asphalt roadway in photo #1 - especially where it meets the rail!
Date: 03/03/13 18:44 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: wheel_slip WP282 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I thought the sound on my GP9 was good, then I got > the GP38-2. It is superb, and I told the Athearn > reps at the WGH show today how much I appreciated > it. > > Mike I think... Athearn may have gone with a higher quality speaker in a better enclosure... I havent the need to explore yet, but according to the instructions, it looks like a different set-up. But yeah, the sound is great. Andy Date: 03/03/13 19:37 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: imrl I'm anxiously waiting/dreading for these to be released in a modern UP scheme as I will need about 10 of them eventually in various UP and leaser schemes. These look great! And excellent weathering job, too!
Date: 03/03/13 19:40 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: Notch16 Very nice! Thanks also for the well-staged and composed pics!
~ BZ Date: 03/03/13 19:53 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: Costanza All that sub-zero weather froze out the part of your brain that controls your ability to weather the coupler, right??? ;-)
Date: 03/03/13 20:20 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: funnelfan I see you didn't waste any time getting it dirty in service.
Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Date: 03/04/13 07:41 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: speederman01 The only gripe I have on mine is that there are no raised exhaust stacks, just an odd looking hole (when you are looking down on it), that doesn't seem prototypical. You can also see a couple of wires through the hole but I don't feel like taking the shell off just of move the wire. I agree, the sound is AMAZING! Dave
Date: 03/04/13 08:19 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: Stottman speederman01 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The only gripe I have on mine is that there are no > raised exhaust stacks, just an odd looking hole > (when you are looking down on it), that doesn't > seem prototypical. You can also see a couple of > wires through the hole but I don't feel like > taking the shell off just of move the wire. I > agree, the sound is AMAZING! Dave For some GP38-2, that is prototypical. Date: 03/04/13 09:01 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: tracktime speederman01 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The only gripe I have on mine is that there are no > raised exhaust stacks, just an odd looking hole > (when you are looking down on it), that doesn't > seem prototypical. You can also see a couple of > wires through the hole but I don't feel like > taking the shell off just of move the wire. I > agree, the sound is AMAZING! Dave Having the "shotgun" style stacks was an option. SP was one of the roads that specified these nearly flush round exhaust stacks on their GP38-2s. Cheers, Harry Date: 03/04/13 09:07 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: Mike_B icancmp193 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Very realistic weathering! It takes cojones to > immediately start weathering $200+ models. > > Tom Y I was just thinking that! Date: 03/04/13 10:31 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: wheel_slip A couple folks messaged me asking if I had a picture of the top of the locomotive... This is the only top angle I have, but it shows the exhaust dusting, where the low angle shots don't.
Thanks for the comments guys! Andy Date: 03/04/13 10:36 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: brfriedm As always Andy, your work is outstanding! Well done.
Bruce Date: 03/04/13 13:44 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: Larry020 Congratulations on IOTD!
Larry Date: 03/04/13 16:09 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: mhiser Quick work on that Andy! Looks great too.
Mark Date: 03/04/13 19:10 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: columbusrailnut Andy, congrats on imagine of the day. Nice job on the weathering.
Bruce Bryan Greensburg, IN Date: 03/04/13 19:27 Re: SP 4837 Athearn GP38-2 Author: espeeboy Major LIKE!!!
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