a snow day got m off to a a good start. I had an old C&O sd 40 that I wanted to convert to CSX. 
the victim
painted the roof white
ditch lights and MU plugs are ‘miniautes by eric’ and the plows from winona garden railroad. it is bit expensive but well worth it.
any help would be greatly appreciated
JKS
JKS,
What kind of help are you looking for? Comments, ideas?
First fill in that hole in the roof where the blinker goes. most CSX locos don’t have them
Then if you are doing the silver CSX, paint the air grilles flat black with a little brown dust over top.
Go to raipictures.net for prototype photos and start checking details.
You are off to a great start !
Bill
more progress
brass antenna mount
new bell mount
rear pilot
cab roof
thanks
JKS
Looking real good !
I like the AC unit on the cab roof.
Most of the units around here (Pittsburgh)now have aftermarket air.
can’t wait to see more
Bill
Looks better than this AC unit!
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a bit more on the rear pilot
and antenna mount
a little more work this weekend
i reworked the antenna mount. i realize that I will need to really weather this pone to cover my sloppy craftsmanship
added beacons. I ground downsome translucent lego peices. a little large but I think it will pass the 10ft test
this weekend I tested the airwire I am very happy the results
first video I hope it works
perhaps this
just impatient i guess
received my phoenix in the mail today
heres my test
I did some work this weekend
I added some micro scale decals and scuffed up the paint with acrylics in preparation for a serious airbrush fade
the CSX blue is way too dark
She’s looking good!
many thanks
JKS, great looking build. I’m looking for a plow just like the one you have that you said you got from winona garden railroad. I see that they come with the handles on top which is great. Did you use the style 1 or the style 2 for this build?
The “victim” LOL!
Looks great.
What Airwire board did you use?
If you can’t buy it make it yourself.
faded the paint with GN sky blue after advice courtesy of Lance Mindheim
and then an airbrush fade
and water based oil paints for the grime
