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| tracktime | profile | all galleries >> Rails in Scale >> Postcards from the Workbench >> San Francisco Belt Railroad S2s - A "Weekend" Project | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
A weekend project.. or so I thought. But with a 15-month old lil' toddler around the house, this project took up a few minutes every night only when our little one was finally asleep and the chores were done.
At first glance, this seems to be a simple project of applying the correct details to a pair of stock Atlas Alco S2s, but there was a bit of extra detail that I had never seen tried before - converting the radiator shutters on SF Belt #23 to have a horizontal shutter configuration per the prototype. Lots of little Evergreen styrene strips dedicated their lives to the completion of this project, and for that, I am grateful! LOL! I also used Archer rivets for the first time, applying them in pairs of two to each radiator shutter. What's left is building a set of "canvas" sunshades for each side of the cab, installing the rooftop warning beacon and some weathering.
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 The real SF 23 - looking great in 2010. Recently repainted with her sister 25. |
 The 25 (rear) has the stock Atlas shutters, the 23 has the scratchbuilt horizontal shutters. |
 The pair of 'em |
 Two cabs, two sets o' details. The white block on the roof is the beacon platform. |
 The point of no return! Drilling out the existing radiator shutters on the 23. |
 punching out the old radiator shutters |
 New set of shutters - take 1. - not enough shutters. |
 Take 2: 1/3 of the way done on the fireman's side. |
 13 horizontal shutter vanes - per prototype. |
 N scale rivets from Archer Transfers added to the shutters. |
 Two pairs of two rivets per radiator shutter. |
 Overall view before rivets were added. |
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